We talked about being voracious readers and how that helps us. One important reason is that it builds vocabulary. Each student has a "Word Jar" book where they write interesting words they find during their reading. We shared them after readers workshop. Here are some pictures of kids during readers' workshop:
More students learned how to use the wiki today. Remember, if you didn't get directions, it is because your child has not been shown yet. We have 8 more students to go. If you have the directions, please begin using the wiki for the reading log.
After students went to P.E. and music, we returned to the room and read our "bucket-fillers". Listen in to Liberty Live today from the school website and hear one that was read about Mia to the whole school! We also ate our Oreo cookies that I promised from our O.R.E.O. stacking project.
Students also had a chance to observe the tadpoles for change:
Today was academic vocabulary day as well. We have spent time in the last 17 days working on these words within context of their use:
author
Illustrator
genre
equal
tally marks
subtract
sum
addend
add
difference
tens
ones
nickel
dime
quarter
temperature
calendar
circle
triangle
responsible
observe
Today we did review work on these. You can see a list of all the academic vocabulary words on the U-46 website. (Link on the right). Although I teach all the 1st/2nd grade words, I hold first graders responsible for 1st grade words and 2nd graders responsible for 2nd grade words for assessment purposes. I would expect a 2nd grader to be familiar with and understand K, 1st, 2nd grade words by the end of the year, and 1st graders to be familiar with and understand K and 1st grade words.
If you have not turned in your field trip permission slips and money, we HAVE to have it Monday. Nature Dan will be here next week as part of our science unit on insects.
Have a GREAT weekend!
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