Today we did a new phonics activity, making and writing words. This was followed up by learning that when we read we make meaningful connections. I read Hazel's Amazing Mother and we talked about our connections. We learned that saying things such as, "I have a blue dress, too" or "It reminds me when I went on a picnic" are the reminders that help us...those are coincidences. We have to tell our brain to stop thinking about that and get back to the book. We then looked at the meaningful connections and how they helped us understand the character, the setting, or what was happening in the story.
In writing we learned about quotation leads. Sometimes to hook the reader, the writing has someone speak first. As an example, Grandpa's Teeth begins with: "Help! I've been robbed!" We then went back to our writing and tried to change our leads to make our stories more exciting.
After lunch and recess, 1st graders worked on adding using the number line. 2nd graders worked on telling time. During the independent time they played math games. During our whole group time, we worked on problem solving, probability, and number sense.
Tomorrow we have art.
Have a GREAT night and don't forget to READ....READ....READ!!!
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