The week before break was busy!

Reading Workshop

We formed Clubs based on the reading goals we set last week.  Before meeting, clubs made goals.  

  

  

  

  

The next day we read with our reading partners,who are not necessarily in our club!  Then we met with our clubs to share how we did reaching our goals.  We learned how to talk to one another in our clubs.

The next day some clubs amended their steps.  After trying something once we can then think about how we can improve on it.

  

We talked about how to give feedback and then had another round of book club talks.

Intro to Blogging

 

Here are a few examples:

Our Random Acts of Kindness continue...this week we wrote and delivered thank you notes to everyone who works in the cafeteria, Cindy (our school nurse) and all of our custodial staff.   It has been really rewarding.  The people receiving the notes have been genuinely moved and are very grateful for the acknowledgement.  The kids have come back from each delivery with huge smiles-it feels good to give!!

Free Choice Fun!

 

We ended the week with School Wide Exploratories.  Ask your child what they did!

Have a wonderful week together!

Snowy week!

100th Day Clue Bottles-the students loved trying to guess what was in the bottles.  

Thanks for you support with this at home!

  

Passing out Valentine's!

Multiple Pathways-students are taking ownership of the strategies that work best for them to add multi digit numbers.

During Reading Workshop, we have been learning many different strategies to become better readers.  I put them all together on a chart-pretty impressive!

Then I modeled how to set a goal for yourself as a reader.  

First I read a page from a book aloud to the students and circled in blue all the different strategies I used.  Next I circled in green the strategies I felt I had to give the most energy to.  Lastly, I chose one strategy I need to work on and starred in with red.

Then the students were given a photocopy of the next two ages of the book,  As they read, they set goals for themselves following the same steps I modeled.  They helped each other set goals based on their own individual reading.  They did an outstanding job being self reflective!

  

 

This week we will focus on strengthening these areas as we read in book clubs.  

Be the change at CCS!  We set three goals as a class.  

When our pennies reach that line, we earn that reward.

We are still challenging ourselves to daily acts of kindness!  

Ask you child each night about the day's challenge.