Word work

Every Monday during our word work time students write sentences using words from their sorts.  First they sort their words, then they pick words to include in their sentences.  Look at these hard workers.

Number of the day

Everyday we work on the number of the day.  Today's number was 30.  Students have to write the word thirty, break apart the number thirty, draw 30 cents and 30 tally marks.  We all check our work together as one friend is the "teacher" leading our class.

Awesome!

Garrick began with the end in mind today during word work.  He finished his word work paper today with enough time to finish his word work page from yesterday!  Awesome job!  Logan was proactive today during reading.  He worked very hard and wrote details in his reading response journal.  Way to go!

Writer's Checklist

Today students looked at their small moments check list and based on what they saw made a goal for themselves in writing.  They worked with a partner to identify what they needed more work with.

Great job!

Way to go Kate and Chase!  They were both proactive today!  They found eachother and read the entire time of partner reading.  Awesome job Ben.  Ben was the whole time silently to himself during reading.  Way to be proactive!

Powerful endings

Today in writing we learned how to craft powerful endings.  Chase also recieved a bragging necklace because he worked the entire writing time!  Great stamina Chase!!

Bragging necklaces

Today I handed out the first bragging necklace.  I have several necklaces that have saying on them bragging about kids behavior and achievements.  They get to wear the necklace all day, have their picture taken and return it at the end of the day.  

Ben is wearing the writing achievement necklace today because he wrote during the entire writing time!!

Adding details to our writing

Today we worked very hard on adding to our stories.  Some friends even shared what they wrote on our Elmo!

Stretching our small moment story

Today in writing we learned how to tell our story across our fingers.  When we tell the story across our fingers we figure out how many pages we need to tell our story. Then we pick our paper and begin by writing a couple of words at the top of each page to help us remember all the details to our story.

Finding meaning to everyday moments

Today in writing we began to brainstorm small moment ideas.  We talked about how everyday moments can make a great small moment idea. Students could write their ideas or draw a quick stretch on their ideas in their idea books.

Reading strategies

Today we discussed good strategies to use when we are reading and come to a word that we do not know.  Then we practiced these with our reading partners.

Kidblog

This afternoon we spent some more time blogging on Kidblog!  Check out your kid's blog if you haven't yet.

Puppet pals

Today we shared our writing from our weekend with our puppet pals.  Some students wrote on the paper provided and some used Kidblog to post about their weekend.

Star Jar

Every week our star of the week receives a star jar to take home on Friday.  Inside the jar are nice notes from every student.  This week we wrote to Lucas.

New writing unit

Today we kicked off our new writing unit.  This unit we will be focusing on Personal Narratives.  To begin the unit, students wrote their first personal narrative.  These will help me determine what lessons and needs the students have during our personal narrative unit.

Friendship rule #2 give people a chance

Today as a part of our friendship lessons, we learned to include others.  Here is the recipe to a good friendship.