This week was all about Elephant and Piggie!
On Monday, we read Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems and learned how to find text evidence. We talked about that if you tell us something about a character in a book (like how they act or feel), you have to prove it! The students practiced this by using evidence to prove that Elephant or Piggie was a good friend. They marked their evidence pages with sticky notes. Then, we learned how to draw both Elephant and Piggie, and practiced! We used this video by Mo Willems which was great practice in direction following.
On Monday, we read Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems and learned how to find text evidence. We talked about that if you tell us something about a character in a book (like how they act or feel), you have to prove it! The students practiced this by using evidence to prove that Elephant or Piggie was a good friend. They marked their evidence pages with sticky notes. Then, we learned how to draw both Elephant and Piggie, and practiced! We used this video by Mo Willems which was great practice in direction following.
Tuesday we read A Big Guy Took my Ball, and then broke into two centers. The first center was finding more evidence that Piggie or Elephant were good friends, and then drawing the scene that showed the evidence. The students also used speech bubbles to practice writing and to show even more evidence. The second center was making a blueprint of a setting for our book, building it, and then retelling the story using puppets. Some students also made the characters out of play-dough. Everyone worked really hard and collaborated so well!
We also had ALO with Mrs. Belkind. We read a book called City By Numbers by Stephen Johnson, where we looked for hidden numbers in real pictures. We will be searching for numbers all over Indian Trail next week.
We also had ALO with Mrs. Belkind. We read a book called City By Numbers by Stephen Johnson, where we looked for hidden numbers in real pictures. We will be searching for numbers all over Indian Trail next week.
Wednesday we continued with our Elephant and Piggie centers and rotated. We also completed our RMD sort, reviewed all of our Jolly Phonics sounds, and played outside. We are getting so spoiled by these beautiful fall days!
We wrapped up our Elephant vs. Piggie election unit by voting on who we thought was a better friend and leader. We had real ballots and a voting booth too! We counted and graphed our results and Piggie ended up being our winner by one vote.
We also did our first formal "read to self" time. We read How to Read a Story by Kate Messner, and practiced getting comfy and reading quietly and independently.
Last but not least, we did a new type of sound scavenger hunt, where the students had to write the words they found that started with R, M, or D.
We also did our first formal "read to self" time. We read How to Read a Story by Kate Messner, and practiced getting comfy and reading quietly and independently.
Last but not least, we did a new type of sound scavenger hunt, where the students had to write the words they found that started with R, M, or D.
Next week will be all about Thanksgiving! We will be learning about traditions, celebrations, and being thankful. And of course... prepping for our FEAST!