Wednesday October 14th, 2015

New book and new activities in class today! 

Vocabulary

1. how
2. that's 
3. does
4. think
5. let
6. me
7. work
8. and
9. wow
10. a

Reading

Five Minute Reading Challenge

Students listened to a passage Miss Adrienne read out loud in class for specific details, so they could illustrate what they heard. Students encouraged to use creativity while strengthening their listening and comprehension skills. 

Read passage from "Sprinkles". 

Class Reading 

• Reviewed last weeks reading and discussed out loud. 
• Read "That's How!" by Christopher Niemann
• Discussed material read aloud as class. 

Writing 

Five Minute Writing Challenge: "T-Rex in the Rain"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used an  image they selected off of https://storybird.com for their creative inspiration. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Vocabulary Baseball

Baseball to strengthen writing skills and vocabulary comprehension!

Student sat at "home-base" with pencil and paper. 
Teacher "pitched" a vocabulary word to student. Student wrote a complete sentence using the "pitched" vocabulary word. A hit occurred when if the sentence was complete and the vocabulary word usage was correct; a strike occurred when the student did not use a complete sentence or the word was used incorrectly. Students were also thrown out on base if they were unable to use the thrown word correctly. 

Class Writing

Short sentences written describing the material read aloud in class. 

• Write 5 complete sentences with beginning, middle, and end format and include correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. Please make sure I can read your sentences. 
• Use 3 of the daily vocabulary words; please underline your vocabulary words. 
• Tell me what happened in the story with your own words. Be sure to include the following items (in complete sentences) in your essay: 

1. How does the airplane work?
2. How does the train work? 
3. How does the truck work?
4. Do you think that's how things really work?
5. How does the bike work? 

Homework

• Handwriting practice: 
• Numbers
• Letters