Wednesday Wonders!

We have a REAL LIVE HERO in our classroom!!!! After school on Monday, Joshua's grandfather collapsed at home. It was just Joshua and his grandfather. Josh heard his cry, ran to see what happened and called 911. They arrived in time to save his grandfather!!! We are soooo proud of you Joshua!!!!



We really enjoyed listening to Mia read an Arthur Story today! She read with fluency and we all were wondering what would happen next! Great reading, Mia!



During word work time, we finished up our unit on our Text Talk Words and will begin a new unit next week.

As readers, today we learned that schema is the bridge between reading words and comprehension. Our next topic will be how making Text to Self connections help the reader.

In writing, we made lists of foods we didn't like and foods we liked. We wrote them in our Daily Pages and then chose one to write a story about. I'm anxious to hear Chris' story about the creamy, smooth chocolate.

After lunch, we celebrated Joshua's heroism, and then began reading a Magic Tree House book: Thanksgiving on Thursday. We are using the research guide that accompanies the book to help us as we learn about the Pilgrims.

1st graders completed a "checking progress" for unit 2. 2nd graders worked on data analysis and problem solving. Here are a few pictures of students working on their math goals during workshop time:







Tomorrow we will go to South Elgin High School for the play James and the Giant Peach. We will have art in the afternoon.

Have a GREAT night and don't forget to READ....READ....READ....