Enjoy the long weekend!

REMINDERS:
No school for students on Monday, October 14th.

Thank you to all of our book fair volunteers!

During Reading Workshop we learned that...

• Readers go back and re-read or retell when they get confused.
• Readers name the character and their actions.
• Readers use the words that the author used to retell the story.
• Readers retell the story to their buddy when they get confused.

During Writing Workshop we learned that...

• Writers return to unfinished work!
• Writers point to each word and re-read their story.
• Writers add labels to their pictures so it is easier to read.
• Writers add pages to their story.
• Writers take out the parts that don't fit and check in with their buddy.

During Math we learned that...

• We can sort students based on certain attributes - laces/no laces, short sleeve shirts/long sleeve shirts.
• We can tell a lot about our friends from Today's Question - Do you like spaghetti?
• We can record our thinking differently at the Counting Jar center.
• We can name and finish repeating patterns!

Social Studies/Science - We continued exploring our 5 senses and discussed Christopher Columbus.  Our 2nd Steps lesson focused on using strategies when we miss directions in class - ask a friend, ask the teacher, look at what other students are doing, think back and focus on what was said. 

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!