LITERACY Earlier this week the students voted on a novel that I will be reading to the class during Listening to Reading...it is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. During Listening to Reading, students learn to build listening stamina, comprehension skills, and learn to enjoy books. Our Fancy Word of the Week was INVISIBLE based on the book I read to the class last week. The students learned how to input new words into their personal dictionaries. The students also finished their Invisible Kid comic strip. The students had to create a comic based on a kid being 'invisible' and present a scenario where a classmate comes up to them and performs an act of kindness. This act of kindness makes the 'invisible kid' feel like they belong and have a friend. This week the students began to practice cursive handwriting. They will be finishing up the Clock Climber letters on Monday. These letters include c, a, d, q, g . A practice sheet for these ...
LITERACY Reading: Congratulations to this student for reaching the first pitstop by reading a total of 600 minutes! Congratulations to this student for reaching the second pitstop by reading a total of 1200 minutes!!!! Congratulations to this student for reaching the fourth pitstop by reading a total of 2400 minutes!!! Congratulations to this student for reaching the final pitstop by reading a total of 3000 minutes!!!! She gets to change her method of transportation as she makes her way 'around the world' a second time. Writing: This week, our focus was writing letters to Santa and writing postcards. The students started with learning the structure of letters and had the opportunity to write their very own letter to Santa. The chilly weather and snow falling down inspired our "Making Words" mystery word: PRESENTS. Students are given a set of scrambled letters and asked to create 2,3,4,5,6 letter words using only the lette...
LITERACY MARCH MADNESS: TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS Our first week of March Madness has been a huge success. Thank you to all of our Mystery Readers for taking time to read to 3D! The students love trying to guess who their Mystery Reader will be each day by the clues they provide me. The four books that were read this week are The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt , Holes by Louis Sachar, A Porcupine Named Fluffy by Helen Lester and The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch. The students have voted and the two books moving on to the Elite Eight are Holes and The Paper Bag Princess! Spelling: This week, the students continued to practice making a long vowel "U" sound with a new spelling patterns: EW. Word work activities this week were focused around the words: mildew, chewing, stew, renew . The oddball word was excited and the bonus word was basketball. Reading: Congratulations to this students for reaching the next pitstop b...
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