Today our class practiced using Chromebooks independently. Students had to sign in with their passwords and open our class blog to find the learning links.
Congratulations to Silynn! Silynn was the school winner from the book fair family draw. Silynn won $25 worth of new books as well as $25 worth of new books for our classroom library. Congratulations IREC! Our school raised over $6000. What an accomplishment. As promised the staff put on a special fashion show for the students. Thank you to all the students from our class who helped create my outfit. I think Mr. W stole the show with his outfit :)
During Daily 5 we have been practicing a new comprehension strategy, cross checking.
CAFE Strategy: Cross Checking When reading a book for pleasure or for information, chances are you will come to a word or two you are unsure of. You probably will use the accuracy strategy of cross checking without even thinking about it, because it is second nature to you as a reader to read accurately. Accuracy is not second nature to children learning to read. It is something that needs to be taught using a variety of strategies.Your child has been introduced to the accuracy strategy of cross checking. It is important to slow readers down when they come to a word they don’t know and teach them to apply the strategy of cross checking so they are able to fix the meaning and not just skip the word. Cross checking requires a person to constantly think and monitor meaning. It is a strategy for ensuring the words and pictures read make sense and match the letters on a page. How can you help your child with this strategy at home? 1. Listen to your child read. When he comes to a word he is unsure of, remind him to cross check. Ask: • Does the word you are reading match the picture or letters written? (they cross their right arm over their body) • Does it sound right? (their left arm crosses over their body making an X) • Does it make sense? (both arms come down with hands pointing to the ground) *Doing physical movements with each question helps children to remember the questions. 2. If your child is having difficulty with this strategy at home, break down the process: • Have her stop reading when meaning breaks down. • Tell her to look at the letters and say the sounds or look for word chunks in words. • Remind her to use the pictures to help. 3. To make your child aware of using this strategy, give him a piece of paper and tell him to make a tally mark each time he uses the cross checking strategy. Thank you for your continued support at home! Written by: Allison Behne ©2009 www.thedailycafe.com Ideas and strategies are taken from : The CAFE Book, written by Gail Boushey & Joan Moser This week we learned how to play a new game; Roll, Say, Keep. Your child also came home with your own game board and instructions that you can keep. Roll, Say, Keep can be used for math and language development.
To play: Place a flash card (letter cards, sight words, ten frames, math facts) in each space. Leave the remaining cards in a pile. Players take turns rolling the die and reading the card in the appropriate space. If the player can read the card, he keeps it and replaces the card with another from the pile. For some of our gym classes we have been practicing yoga! Students love diming the lights in the gym and getting out a yoga mat. Yoga is a great way for students to work on their strength, flexibility, and coordination. Yoga is also about breathing, which helps calm and refresh the body and mind.
In our classroom we use the Daily 5 model. Every day during Daily 5, students can choose Read to Self, Writing, Read with Someone, Listen to Reading or Word Work. During this time I will be working with students one on one or in small groups. So far we have been working on Read to Self. Students have been working on building their stamina to read quietly in one spot. So far we are up to 15 mintues. Our goal is to be able to read quietly for 20 minutes. Students love finding different quiet spots around the room to read from their book box.
Today we were introduced to a new math tool; math bracelets. Each bracelet had 5 beads, we were able to manipulate the beads into two different groups to find different ways to make 5. Students had fun exploring all the different ways to build 5.
If any parents would like to help me create more math bracelets, please let me know. I can send home the materials and directions. Thanks so much! |
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