We reviewed our new word wall words: way, may, only, use and find. Practice writing them neatly and spelling them correctly. Students can do Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check at home on their own. Use Spelling City by clicking on the link to the right.
We also made a list (real world writing) of different settings, our favorite characters, and January nouns that we can use in our own writing. Each student started their own list in their Daily Pages, as well.
We are learning how to infer at the word level. I read a poem, Snowstorm, to them and asked what it was about. They could guess, partly, because of the title, but because the words are so different (it was written sometime between 1750 and 1850) they missed quite a bit. The point is, we can't just read the words, we have to understand what we are reading. We highlighted the words and phrases we didn't know and began to list on a chart what we thought the words meant. We will continue this tomorrow, then each child will draw a picture of what they think it is about. After that, I will show them the original illustration.
In writing we are working on the writing process and organization. Today, we reviewed our storyboards from Friday and just wrote the beginning of our story. Tomorrow we will write our middles.
I read the book, Freedom on the Menu, and we discussed who Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was. Then I asked them to listen as a writer and we discussed voice.
After library time, we worked on problem solving and number sense in math. In addition, 1st graders learned about reading a thermometer and 2nd graders learned about making change.
I will not be in the building tomorrow but will be at a district meeting. Mrs. Negele will be their teacher. There will not be a blog post for Tuesday.
Have a GREAT night, stay warm, and don't forget to READ....READ....READ!
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