Collin is our superhero of the week. He did a great job presenting his poster and being a hero in and out of the classroom!
Students have been working hard on their stories about the cafeteria being locked. First we thought in depth about our character. What do they look like? How do they act? Do they have a habit or do they say something a lot? What are they wearing? Then, as a class we started on our sequencing frame. We decided to have our characters walk to Montague Foods for lunch. After that, it was up to the kids to create events that happen there, using their own characters and their own events. Here are some examples of their character papers and sequencing frames for their stories. If you think about it, have your child describe to you his/her character. You should be able to picture the character! We have shared our characters with partners to make sure our partner could picture them. We have also told through our sequencing frame and practiced telling our story.
Mahayla is our super hero this week. She can be seen with a smile on her face and her cape billowing out behind her. Thanks for always being safe, respectful, and responsible!
On this cold winter day, we needed some warm fuzzies in our classroom. We started out with our Picture Book of the Day, Ishi, which is a wonderful book about a rock named Ishi. Ishi talks about not if, but when you have emotions like feeling lonely, stuck, different, etc and what you can do when you get those feelings. We then made our own Ishies to remind us that we all have those feelings, but there are things we can do to help each other and ourselves get through them. We then did a craft by filling a white paper with all kinds of positive words, pictures and thoughts. We traced each other's hands. I told the kids they can't trace their own hands because we are a community that helps one another. Then we cut out our hands and a heart and glued them all together. They turned out wonderful and will hang in the hallway for a bit. While one class was making these, I went across the hall to my other class to say hello and see what they were up to. We didn't switch today because it was a half day with special and recess. They were doing an art project too!
Yesterday morning, in the middle of reading, we received an email from Mr. Henderson stating that the cafeteria was closed due to a pipe that had burst over the weekend. The doors were locked to all staff and students for the rest of the day. I showed the kids the email from Mr. Henderson up on the big screen. Their mouths dropped open. Their eyes got huge. Some students volunteered to share their lunch and their snack. Some suggested we order pizza and have it delivered or go on a walking field trip to Wesco or Montague Foods. Others, thought we should take a bus to Arby's, McDonald's, or Pizza Hut. Some just wanted to be sent home. I told them we should make a telling frame of all of our ideas so we could present them to Mr. Henderson. I mean, we have to eat lunch! I then confessed that it was all made up, even the email from Mr. Henderson. I asked him to send me one to use for the lesson. The kids couldn't believe it! I told them that it will make for a great realistic fiction story though, and that we can use some of their responses in our story. For this story, we will all be using the same problem that the cafeteria is locked and the same solution, but each student will be creating his/her own character for this story. I cannot wait to see what they all come up with!
Our Haiku Books got delivered today! If you ordered one (or two) they will be coming home with your child today. The kids were so excited!
Logan always has a smile on his face and is ready to help anyone who needs it! He was also the first Super Hero who chose to read us a book on Wednesday. I love hearing the books other kids choose to read. Thank you for being safe, responsible, and respectful!
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