Here is Daisy (and Ter'Rae photo bombing!) with her book tub. Please note she also has her first place trophy for raising the most money for Run for the Owls. Great job, Daisy! Also, our class got first place for raising the most money which means we are in possession of the Vernon Cup! Finally, we were the only class with 100% participation for Halloween costumes! We are killing it! I told Mr. Keefer we need a trophy shelf built in our room! We have started our reading program! Yeah! Our literacy block is as follows: We start by gathering on the carpet with our book tub. We sit with our reading group. I do a short mini-lesson on a reading strategy. The students practice with their assigned partner using the books in their tub. Then we start reader's workshop. The students rotate to the following stations in their reading group: read with me, using Lexia on the computer, read to self, and read to someone. After reading, we move onto writing. Some days I will start with a short mini-lesson. We have 2 groups on computers and 2 groups writing so each student writes for 15-20 minutes. Students are either writing in their journal or working on publishing a book. We will have our first published book to share at conferences. I meet with students during writing time to edit their work. Another poor quality picture. Sorry! We will be wrapping up our first IB unit in the next two weeks. Our first unit was conflict. As you can see, we brainstormed as a class where and what kind of conflicts can happen. I was so impressed with their global thinking and have no doubt it is from the rich literature we are doing for read aloud. Right now we are brainstorming examples of each conflict. Students are doing a writing/art activity for each conflict that they have an option of sharing with the class. Then we will go through and talk about resolutions. My goal is for students to be able to pick which conflict they would like to be assessed on. Then use our tablets to record a video of them discussing a solution to the conflict of their choice. Hopefully, these will be done in time for viewing at conferences! Tidbits:
I will be sending out conference reminders next week. If you don't have a conference scheduled, I will be emailing or texting you! We need some hand held pencil sharpeners. Both of my electronic pencil sharpeners have died. Also, we can only sharpen colored pencils with a handheld sharpener. If you could send one in, that would be great! Our snacks are starting to run low. If you can, please send snacks that are individually wrapped and we do have a peanut allergy in class. If you drop off your student in the morning, you may have noticed I have moved from greeting at the door. Not only is there a space issue, but our mornings were starting off a little chaotic. I'm using proximity to help students remember positive choices and give compliments. It makes for a much smoother start when I can focus on the students as soon as they sit down. Have a great week!
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