Thursday Sept 17th

Scholastic book orders went home

We then carried on with the addition from yesterday, except we turned it into a race.  Putting a little extra pressure with a time limit or a race helps students when they don't have to worry about rushing, which is 90 percent of the time.  The students got two points for each question.  One point for the correct answer and one point for identifying tens and doubles. In the end it came down to A for the girls and C for the boys.  In the end the boys won.  The girls won quickest but had one more mistake than the boys so the boys got bonus time and won.

After Math we had our first Library period.  Mr. K introduced the students to the library, talked about what was new then because we are going to have a fire drill during the library period, we went straight to book sign our.  The students are expected to read every day at school and at home.  We encourage reading appropriate interesting books(chapter books) at their level.  

After Recess the students were happy to settle down to reading their new, first library books 

An ongoing thing in the class is for students to suggest and vote for favorite songs.  We are currently doing Disney songs.... Lion king "Not one of Us" suggested by A won for the second day in a row, this time against Frozen: Come Build a Snowman.

We then began to prepare to choral read Chicken Little. I had all the Chicken little's read off the the Henny Pennies etc.  Choral reading develops  fluency and interpretation of mood and feeling in text which has to translate into a voice.  All good readers can feel the right mood and voice.

 





At 1130 the students went to Music with Mrs. Awalt.  We have music three short times a week before lunch on Tues, Wed, and Thursday.  It is amazing the games and fun musical movement and dance things that Mrs. Awalt introduces to the children.  Mrs. Awalt is taking summer courses on the latest and best methods of developing a love for music in children.

After Lunch we continued with our choral reading of Chicken Little.  Choral reading develops  fluency and interpretation of mood and feeling in text which has to be translated into a voice.  All good readers can feel the right mood and voice.  The students worked in groups of 5 to practice.  The students were great and worked very hard on their reading.  I heard words like "listen for your cue" and "When she says 'can I come' it is a question so say it like this."   Each group choral read to the class.   They want to go read it to other classes.  There was lots of laughs and lots of smiles.  Drama is definitely something this class loves.

After choral reading presentations we went on to Social Studies. The students drew a map of the classroom in their duo-tang.  Map concepts focused on:A)  only draw the things that are permanent like desks, not papers and books.  We also discussed that chairs are a bit of both and the student can choose to add them or not.  and B) maps have a key or legend to show what the symbols mean.

great day everyone