Both classes are going to the book fair this Tuesday! The scholastic Book Fair has very reasonable prices for wonderful books! If your intention is for your child to buy books with the money you are sending in, please make sure to tell him/her. There are other things (posters, pencils, etc) for sale that students often buy, and then they don't have enough money to actually buy a book at the book fair!
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We had such a wonderful "read in your pajama party." Students also earned 10 classroom wildcat hero tickets, so we got to enjoy Wesco popcorn, too! Student did such a nice job reading quietly by themselves. That has been one of our learning targets lately- to read for an extended amount of time. You would be surprised (or maybe not) how difficult it can be to just sit and read. Some students tend to want to wander around the room, clean out their book bins, sharpen pencils, use the restroom, pass back papers, etc. That is not allowed! Students need to learn to get lost in a book, to put everything else aside and focus on their reading. See if your child can read for 20 minutes, completely uninterrupted. We started off our morning finishing up our shamrocks from the other day. I can find the main idea of a non-fiction text and details that support it. Today during reading we had some laughs as I read aloud a non-fiction article titled "Vomiting Isn't Just Gross." Not only did we learn a lot about why we vomit, but we also used this high interest article to further discuss main idea and details. We talked about how the main idea is just that; an idea- a complete idea. The main idea of the article can't just be "vomiting." That is not a complete idea. After talking with kids at their tables, students decided that "Vomiting is healthy" or "Vomiting protects us" would be better main ideas.
We then talked about how the details have to support that main idea. Then, students were broken up into small groups and they read a different article that was at their reading level. Some articles were about Michael Jackson, MP3 players, meat eating plants, tornadoes, and break dancing. Students had to complete a box (main idea) and bullet (supporting details) for the articles. We had our final trip to the YMCA for pool school. Thanks to all the dads who were able to help with the boys. It is greatly appreciated! This week's topic was ice safety. Students learned what to do and how to help someone who may have fallen thru the ice. Once alongside the pool, students practiced crawling on their bellies and acting like they were crawling on ice. You should have received their classroom booklets. On the back of those booklets are coupons to swim at the YMCA. What a great activity during this long winter! Here are pictures from our last pool school. |
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