March 10th - 14th

Hardly seems possible how many weeks have already gone by! Each day I learn more, do more, experience more, and grow closer to my students. Week by week I am teaching another subject as I work towards fulling “taking over” the classroom for two to three weeks. 

Monday (March 10) was an inservice day so it seemed like a shorter week than normal. On Tuesday, the students had an awesome day! I was prepared for behaviors that would reflect a three day weekend but was pleasantly surprised.     

Reading this week was focused on a Phonemic Awareness Curriculum. Lessons centered around the book “The Relatives Came” by Cynthia Rylant. On Tuesday, the class learned three vocabulary words that were taken from the story. During Daily 5, students were encouraged to incorporate these words into their writing. 

To teach the vocabulary words, each student created a three page mini book. Each page focused on a different vocabulary word. The vocabulary word was written at the top of the page then students used the word in a sentence and finished by drawing a picture to help them remember the word.