All-Star of the Week: Aloki
Aloki was our amazing all-star last week. On Monday, she brought in her sharing sack where she showed the class a book she had made when she was in pre-school titled Out in Space. She also shared chimes that she made to attract birds for her birdhouse and photographs from her trip to Hawaii as well as baby pictures and pictures of her and her brother at preschool together. She read her favorite book Pinkalicious: Tickled Pink and enjoyed a special lunch with her family.
Reading:
Last week in reading we were establishing how important it is for readers to build reading lives. This means that we can't just put our eyes in a book and expect to become better readers. Readers need to come prepared and ready to work, read in spots where they can concentrate and feel comfortable, make a plan or goal as a reader and challenge themselves to reach that goal. Lastly, we practiced monitoring our reading by checking in and asking ourselves "Did I set myself up for the best possible reading today?" As we reflect on our thoughtful practice, we can make changes for tomorrow's reading or repeat the successes we had to develop our reading skills all year.
Writing:
Our writers learned the importance of editing as they go last week. From the chart below, students learned that they can use the resources around them when crafting true stories. They were also expected to try the word study patterns in their writing for words they didn't know how to spell if they had the long a sound in them. They are also expected to write their individualized high frequency words correctly every time they write. Additionally, they learned strategies for writing tricky words.
Here you see students using a resource to help them edit--their Quick Word booklet.
Independent writing time in action
At the end of the week, students learned about LEADS in writing. Students learned that there are different types of leads and that good writers must have a good lead to hook the audience so that they want to continue reading the story.
- Talking Lead: the lead begins with dialogue
- Question Lead: the lead begins with an interesting question
- Action Lead: the lead gets the reader quickly involved in the story by starting with an exciting event or some kind of action
- Sound Effect Lead: the lead gets the reader hooked with words that describe a sound
- Snapshot Lead: the lead gets the reader interested in the story by the writer painting a picture with words which draws the reader in
Both Andrzej and Aastha were showing evidence of good leads in their personal narratives. Below you see photos of them sharing their work at closing meeting.
Math:
Seth was our mathematician and he is leading the class in our count by routines for x9s facts. Students also practiced their count bys on their whiteboards.
In math, the students reviewed 2s, 5s, 9s and 10s. They were given the problems below and asked to show their picture proofs of how they problem solved. This led to students sharing their own strategies for problem solving (math talk).
From there, we applied those strategies to different story problems in our journal work. Below is a snapshot of Andrzej's thinking and picture proof for a divided by 5 story problem.
Word Study:
Last week students began word study. They learned about LONG A and the first two patterns that long a words have (a-consonant-e and ai). Students played games on the Smartboard to sort words based on their vowel sound.
They also had to find words within a paragraph, highlight them and then categorize them on their whiteboards based on the long a pattern the word followed.
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