In Fundations, I explained that some books have stories that are pretend or make-believe and that these stories can be about people or animals. We revisited the story, Cod Fish, and determined that it was a make-believe story. Then, I explained that other books tell us facts about things and they teach us things that are true. To explain this further, I showed them a informational book about bees and told the students that this is a book that teaches us true things about bees. Before reading, we looked at the front and back cover of the book and discussed the title, author and illustrator. Then I read the book and after each page, I asked them to name one true fact they learned. They did a super job recalling the facts that intrigued them.
Also in Fundations we spent some time reading sentences and making changes to them. For example, I wrote "Jim had the pup" on the board. Then, I had the students change the sentence to: Jim had the mop. We then tapped out the word to check the spelling together. I continued this process of dictating changes until our sentence read "Tom hid the map."
During Writer's Workshop, the children learned that they can use their writing partners to help them make their stories easier to read. I explained that sometimes it's easier to hear sounds when someone else stretches the word. If there is a word that your partner can’t read, have them point it out to you. I don’t want you to tell me how to spell the word. I just want you to point out the word to me so that I can look at it again. I wouldn't learn anything if my partner spelled everything for me, right!? I modeled this with a student in front of the class. My partner pointed out all the mistakes in my story and I figured out where I went wrong- take a look :)
Reminders:
-Thursday is Field Day.
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
A parent shared this article with me about how to teach children how to defend themselves. Very interesting read. Article link is below :)
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/missingchildren/the-common-tricks-how-to-beat-child-abduction-tactics/ar-AAxh8xI?ocid=ientp
Take Care,
Mrs. Nork