Today we eased into the day by sharing about our break with partners and as a whole class. It was obvious that the students missed each other and had lots to catch up on.
We worked on our pourquoi stories and are really close to finishing our rough copies. We can't wait to get these published and to start to share with you. We have worked hard to write interesting and engaging stories full of juicy words!
We also reviewed repeating patterns and had the chance to create our own patterns, draw them, and label them using various math manipulatives. It was neat to see how students in the same group created such different patterns. Here are a few we created:
As a class we did some choral reading with our new wall story about Arctic animals. We learned some new vocabulary such as "fuss, bellow, and awaken". In order to learn these words, we practiced a vocabulary strategy called a "Rev up". We learned the meaning of the word, used it in a sentence in our own context and then shared that sentence with the class. Tomorrow in small groups, students will use this knowledge to read the wall story and complete various tasks with the text.
Coming up:
- Book exchange tomorrow
