I hope everyone had a great weekend! It was a nice weekend to kick back and relax. The kids usually come back on a Monday a little tired, but that was not the situation today. The students came in anxious and ready - and a little chatty. But we worked through it. The hardest part of the first few weeks of school is building the routine and stamina that will come into play the rest of the year. Currently, with our Daily 5 in literacy, we have made our "Read to Self" stamina up to 11 minutes! Yippee! We started "Read to Someone" today and that was a little more challenging, so we will continue to build that stamina as well. The other three components of the Daily 5 are Work on Writing, Word Works, and Listen to Reading. We should be through all five in the next few weeks and set for the year continually building our stamina in all areas. The Daily 5 replaces the traditional "centers" your child may have done in kindergarten, first, and second grade. I will also be doing Dibels assessments this week which involve students reading for a minute and retelling their reading. This assessment is done three times a year.
We have also thrown in a new part of our Morning Meeting and that is "sharing". Students are assigned a day of the week in which they can share something. Classmates can then raise their hands to ask questions about the sharing and encourage discussion. Again the purpose being to create a classroom community. The students seem to enjoy and benefit from the Morning Meeting, as do I.
So, as you can see, every thing is going very well. Be sure to check the daily blog that the students post. We'd love to have more followers and comments! Thank you also for checking my blog, which would love to have more followers also. Have a great week! Oh yeah, thank you to those parents who sent snacks. Our tummies than you also!
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