We had just begun our word work time when there was a knock at the door: Mystery Readers....but not just any mystery readers! Third graders Simi, (Neha's sister), Natalie, Francis, and Alisha (students from the last 2 years)came to read us a biography of Helen Keller! I was so proud of their reading and remembering where they were as 1st graders! It just goes to prove if you work hard and read, read, read, read, read....you can be a GREAT reader. We really enjoyed listening to them! They had asked several weeks ago if they could come in by reading our classroom blog. Of course!
We finished up our word work and then went right into readers' workshop. We finished reading the book The Memory String by Eve Bunting and we will finish our discussion tomorrow.
Today we took the storyboards we made yesterday and learned how to use them to write our stories. They should be interesting!
After recess and lunch, we read the biography of George Washington Carver. Sahithi made a connection to Martin Luther King, Jr. We learned that he discovered over 300 uses for the peanut. We learned that we could be just like him by working hard, helping others and being responsible for ourselves.
During Math Workshop, 2nd graders made more 3D shapes. We are learning how to construct them so we can see how many sides, edges, faces and vertices's are in each. We also learned more line segments and parallel lines. 1st graders learned about the greater than and less than signs to compare numbers.
Tomorrow we will go to the library. Mrs. Weiss was not here this past Monday and since this Monday is a holiday, she was able to fit us in tomorrow morning. Please make sure your library books are at school.
We also have art and our ELL enrichment time.
Have a GREAT night and don't forget to READ...READ....READ!!!
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