Whew, it has been a busy start to the school year and it has been too long since I have posted on the blog! We have a great team of learners this year. Much of last week was spent learning and practicing classroom routines, such as our morning routine, coming to the carpet and how to get ready for home. We continue to need practice listening to instructions.
Last week, we discussed HOW to choose a Just Right book, a book that is just right for you! Like a shoe, a just right book for one student might not be the right book for another. Luckily, we have a fabulous classroom library and everyone will be able to find just right books. When choosing a Just Right book, we remember to PICK: think about PURPOSE, why you are reading: to learn, to get better, for fun; think about INTEREST, choose a book that is interesting to you, if it's not, you won't read it; check for COMPREHENSION, do you understand what you are reading?; and check to see that you KNOW most of the words, for independent reading, students should know almost all of the words in the books they are reading. In order to PICK Just Right books, students must check out the title, cover and the summary on the back to see if the book seems interesting to them. They also need to read a few pages to check for comprehension and to make sure they can read most of the words.
Since our library is so large, we spread the bins all over the classroom and students had time to browse books to fill their reading folder. In the future, students can switch books after their math journal in the morning. Here are students picking their Just Right books:
Students LOVE to read, especially with a buddy!
In math, we are reviewing skip counting through daily routines and songs. We are also exploring place value through the building and representing of numbers. In this activity, students are representing numbers with base ten blocks and as numbers. They are getting really good at it!
~Ms. Burland
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