Writing

One of our Daily Five rotations is writing.  Students learned that it's important to write about things that matter to them.  We read The Best Story and created a heart map to remind us of all the things we love. Here are a few and more are on the way.

 

 

Daily Five

 

Daily Five Components

  

The Daily 5 is a series of literacy tasks which students complete daily while the teacher meets with small groups or confers with individuals.   This structure fosters the daily habits of reading, writing and working with peers that will lead to a lifetime of independent literacy. The first task involves building stamina for reading to self.  Students are working very hard to read independently without any distractions for up to 15 minutes.  They have successfully made it to five minutes in the past few days.  We only add a minute or two each day. Check out a few of my stamina builders below. 

 

 

 

We filled our first bucket!!!!!!

My little pieces are off to a great start!  Last week, we discussed ways to bring joy and happiness to others around us (bucket filling).  We also shared ways to bring others sadness (bucket dipping).  Ask your child how you can fill someone's bucket.

Reader's Theatre

Mrs. Wolhuter did an excellent reader's theatre with these eager readers before she left to graduate.  Check out their cute masks and narrator's cape! 

Contraction Surgery

These little doctors came to the rescue!  They quickly and carefully operated on two words to create just one.

Creepy Crawlers

Students enjoyed studying worms in April.  Yes, I did say THE STUDENTS.  I bet you cannot find me in any of the pics:)

Spring has Sprung!

Catching up on  a few Spring pics.  Students had a lot to celebrate in April after testing.  We had a blast just relaxing in the sun, blowing bubbles, writing with chalk, and the most popular....face painting!