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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Tuesday Tales



Antonio read the book Househunting today. He chose this book because it reminded him of when his dad asked if he wanted to move.


We began the study of questioning as a reading comprehension strategy today. I read the book The Wise Woman's Secret and learned that the secret to wisdom is asking questions. I also held up a jar that is very, very, special to me and having them ask questions as to where, what, etc. about the jar. I want them have a concrete experience as to what asking questions involves as a reader and we will soon see that one question leads to another.
In word work we brainstormed words that began with the /s/ sound. Tomorrow we will sort the words and create a "rule" as to when we begin our words with s or c.
In writing we looked at two versions of one story and discovered that our words need to create a picture in the mind of the reader. In version two of the story we highlighted the words that created that picture.
Take a look at the website under student writing. Gabrielle is the latest student to have a story published using Photo Story.
In math, juniors learned about the addition/subtraction table as a tool for solving problems. We will work more on this later. We also worked on turnaround facts. Seniors worked on a unit assestment.
Stay warm!


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