Friday, October 4, 2013

Happy October!

During Reading Workshop we learned that readers...
  • Go back and re-read when they forget parts of the story.
  • Talk to their buddy if they forget parts of the story.
  • Try to make stories sound just like the author wrote them.
  • Act out stories with a buddy - we made Johnny Appleseed puppets and acted out the story at our reading center.
  • Learn how to shop for books from the classroom library!  Everyone decorated a book bag to hold their new books.
During Writing Workshop we learned that writers...
  • Write about things they know.
  • Stretch their writing out across more than one page.
  • Go back and re-read to make sure their pages go together.
  • Point to each word and read to their buddy to make sure their pages go together.
  • Add labels to their illustrations to their story is easy to read.
During math we learned about...
  • Today's question - a classroom routine in which students respond to a survey question and then discuss the resulting data. 
  • We continued our math workshop routine of exploring manipulatives, and comparing the attributes of objects.
  • Counting objects to find a total.
  • Using our Counting Jar and recording sheet to make equivalent sets.
Science/Social Studies - We began discussing our 5 senses!  We also used our Kimochis to discuss strategies that help get rid of icky feelings like; disappointed and left-out.

REMINDERS:  Mystery Reader began this week.  If you are a Mystery Reader, we will see you on Tuesday at 2:50!  Please check the schedule.

Student of the Week begins next week.  Please check the schedule for your child's name!  Can't wait!

The Book Fair is October 8th - 11th.  Enjoy!