Great Things I Noticed this Week:
*Students revising in writing partners, giving each other a "glow" and a "grow." It was great to hear students also asking their partner specific questions like, "How does this sentence sound?" "Do you think I should take this part out, what do you think?" Their conversations were amazing to hear!
*Reading mini-lesson on making inferences about characters, using their schema in 2nd grade. Students first identified things the character did and said, then applied their schema to make an inference.
*Students working on building their oral reading fluency by taking turns timing each other to see how much they could read from a passage in one minute, made a small mark, then reread for a minute to see if they could read more words and did this 3 times. Everyone grew with each rereading minute which helped make the point to them that the more they read, the better readers they become!
*I was a part of several parent/teacher conferences that had concerns to be shared, but each started out by sharing the positives and gains that have been made so far this year.
*I am already starting to see some of the ideas learned from the One Best Thing get started! The google doc of ideas shared on Monday can be found HERE.
Events Next Week: Read Across America Week
Wednesday: Graduation Year grade level pictures in the elementary gym
8:30 3rd
8:45 1st
9:00 K
9:15 4th
9:30 5th grade
9:45 2nd
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*Our schedule of classes to rotate for Celebrations announcements is completed. If you'd like to have your students come down again, please sign up HERE.
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