We ended this week by learning how to become vocabulary collectors. You can head over to the "Vocabulary Resources" page under the ELA section to see the slides we went over in class (and some pretty hideous drawings done by Lauren). The biggest take away for now is that students are going to be collecting vocabulary words as they read, from either their in-class book or their reading at home (or both). They'll bring their list of words to class on Friday, choose 4 to define, and then choose from 9 options of in-depth activities to show their understanding of the words. I can't wait to see what they create, and will post photos from their notebooks next week.
Reading We spent Monday and Wednesday reading Hoot. Students continued to reflect on their reading and add sticky notes to their books to show their thinking. For students who are nearing the end of the book, they will have options next week of how to reflect on the book as a whole. Writing Tuesday and Thursday were dedicated to our first major writing assignment, a nature journal. You can find the rubric and some examples that we looked at together over at the "Writing Workshop Resources" page. Students will be working to finish their journal pages next week, and will present them at next week's Friday morning meeting. They are creating beautiful descriptive and sensory language!
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AuthorLauren Yavor teaches ELA with a reader's and writer's workshop format to SK 5th and 6th graders. Archives
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