Week 3
It was great seeing you all at Back to School Night - thank you so much for coming and for your continued support!
We continue to practice and focus on the independent reading expectations (Stay in one spot, work quietly, work the whole time, start right away, and build stamina). As we practice what it looks like and sounds like, we are also building good reading habits. We have discussed that good habits are things that we remember to do without people telling or reminding us. The good habits that we focused on this week are taking a "sneak peek" (ex. looking at the cover, taking a picture walk, making predictions, etc.) of a book before you read it, and "doing something" when you finish the book (ex. rereading, asking questions, going back to your favorite part, discussing it with a friend, etc.). Super readers have good habits when they start a book and when they finish one!
On Wednesday, we got to meet our 4th grade buddies from Mr.Graham's class! The first and fourth graders made name tags that they designed using a special color code system. They had a great time getting to know each other. We are excited to work, play and learn with our buddies this year :)
We celebrated International "Dot Day" by reading the book "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds and creating our own dots. This book celebrates and encourages creativity and perseverance
For those of you who weren't able to attend Back to School Night the conference sign up is posted outside my door and I will also post a picture of the sign up this week, so you can email me to set up a conference time.
Also, please make sure to fill out the volunteer survey if you're interested in helping out!
We continue to practice and focus on the independent reading expectations (Stay in one spot, work quietly, work the whole time, start right away, and build stamina). As we practice what it looks like and sounds like, we are also building good reading habits. We have discussed that good habits are things that we remember to do without people telling or reminding us. The good habits that we focused on this week are taking a "sneak peek" (ex. looking at the cover, taking a picture walk, making predictions, etc.) of a book before you read it, and "doing something" when you finish the book (ex. rereading, asking questions, going back to your favorite part, discussing it with a friend, etc.). Super readers have good habits when they start a book and when they finish one!
On Wednesday, we got to meet our 4th grade buddies from Mr.Graham's class! The first and fourth graders made name tags that they designed using a special color code system. They had a great time getting to know each other. We are excited to work, play and learn with our buddies this year :)
We celebrated International "Dot Day" by reading the book "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds and creating our own dots. This book celebrates and encourages creativity and perseverance
For those of you who weren't able to attend Back to School Night the conference sign up is posted outside my door and I will also post a picture of the sign up this week, so you can email me to set up a conference time.
Also, please make sure to fill out the volunteer survey if you're interested in helping out!
Thank you for the update!!
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