Monday, September 30, 2013
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Visualizing
Students had to read the poem "Pumpkin", and then fill out the hand about what they visualized. This was their independent reading job. For the Minilesson, I read them a few pages from the book "Cherries and Cherry Pits", and they had to visualize the character described on pg. 9. (See the picture from the book below.) then, the students drew the character they visualized. Check out how good they did visualizing! :)
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Weekly Reading Focus - Visualizing
Our Minilesson focus this week is on visualizing while you read, and why good readers do visualize. For our Minilesson, I read the book "Have You Seen Bugs", and the students visualized the different bugs I read about. Then, they did an independent activity using the poem " My Neighbor's Dog is Purple". They had to read the poem, and then draw a picture in their journals of what they visualized. Check out the poem below, and then some journal pics on the next post. :) Ask your child tonight what was funny about the end (covered up) of this poem. I showed them after! :)
Personal Narrative
We began our Personal Narrative Unit in Writer's Workshop. We started with writing a web about someone who matters to us, and then picked 1 event/moment, and began to write the story. These kiddos have some great ideas already!!!! Check out some of their writing below, as well as these kiddos hard at work thinking and writing! :)
Monday, September 23, 2013
Friday, September 20, 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Writer's Workshop - Choosing a Seed Idea
Students are looking through their entries in their Writer's Notebooks. They are putting stars next to ideas that really matter to them, ideas they want to write more about. These are the seed ideas! After looking at their entries, they are going to choose 1 idea, and begin to write the story. This seed idea will then develop into a beautiful flower! Go writers!!!
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