Tuesday

What a fun few days we have had in our classroom! 

Yesterday we learned all about selecting good fit books.    I brought in a few pairs of shoes to make the lesson seem real for the students.  We talked about how when we are selecting books to read we need to think about 1) the purpose for reading  2) our interest in the book  3) how well we understand the book and know the words.  Just like picking shoes, we need to pick books that fit us, not our friends or desk partners and we need to pick books that match our purpose, which is ultimately become better readers.  If we are consistently picking books that are too easy or too hard we really will not become better readers.

Today we started writing about our monsters.  We talked about editing marks.  Here is a sample of what we corrected together.  I will be editing student work in order to have our best work be on display in the hall.

We started reading books by Kevin Henkes.  See if your child can tell you about these three and the similarities and themes in each one.

At long last our math journals arrived!  Today was our first chance to break them in.  We love them!