In skills this morning, the Screaming Mustaches took an end-of-unit comprehension assessment. They independently read a story and answered questions about it.
The Zesty Wombats began Unit 2 and we worked hard on the magic e. Magic e is the silent e at the end of words that makes a vowel say its name. For example, we changed "cap" into "cape." I like to make up stories so that concepts will stick in the kids' heads. I explained how Magic E is a magician and he likes to walk up to vowels and bop them on the head with his magic wand and say, "ABRACADABRA! Now you say your name!" So we marched around saying things like "I'm Mr. A, I'm Mr. A, When I get bopped on the head, I say /AE/!" and so forth. We'll be working on magic e for a while.
The Organic Squirrels began to read their book today! They're reading Snap Shots, which is a story about a girl who travels and takes photos. They are still concentrating a lot on the sh/th/ch sounds and tricky words.
The Ice Dragons read more of The Mouse and the Motorcycle. Today in their story, Ralph (the mouse) was offered the opportunity to ride the motorcycle by Keith (the boy). He learned that, in order to make the motorcycle go, he has to go "b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-bbbbb!" They're really enjoying the story.
In centers, the kids went to the library. We reviewed the rules of the library , then each child had the opportunity to take out two books. Another center worked with the iPads. They kids worked on targeted sounds with the Phonics Genius app and also did tricky word bingo. The last center focused on tracking student fluency. The first graders worked on reading tricky words while the second graders worked on short phrases. We're going to track fluency throughout the school year.
In project, the kids did a LOT of work. They picked green beans and eggplant and got seeds from the lettuce that was outside. They cleared 3 garden beds and composted the weeds and old plants. They planted watermelon seeds (an experiment - they have a 70 day growth cycle, which means they probably won't make it. We may have a mild fall, though!) and daffodils. Then they peeled and chopped apples for apple crisp. A small group chose to have shorter extra recess in order to make the crisp batter for the apple crisp. Tonight I'll finish prepping the apples and bake the crisp so we can eat it tomorrow.
We wrapped up the day with a read aloud from our chapter book. It was a pleasant day full of hard teamwork!
No comments:
Post a Comment