Day 6

We, again, began our day in our gathering place to continue our study of weather. We read a book about rain. Bumpa Rumpus and the Rainy Day contains fun rhyming and silly sound effect words.

I asked the question, "Do you like Puddle Jumping?"

Each of the students wrote their name, either under YES or NO. Ten students (and 1 teacher) are puddle jumpers while 2 students are not.

We had a long, 14 minute, Daily 5 rotation that consisted of Read to Self, but also included work on the computer and the tablets I bought for the classroom.

Dakota

Liliana

Also, during this time, I read with a first grader.

Megan reading Pet Wash

In our second rotation (19.5 minutes) a few more students went on the computer while a few worked on alphabetical order and Word Wall Words. Another First Grader got to read one-on-one with me also.

Dakota

Anthony

After lunch, we started reading Charlotte's Web, a chapter book. Chapter books are especially important to read to young students because, over time, it lengthens their attention span and it allows students to gain interest in all the varied characters and become acquainted with different personality traits.

The students returned from recess and we completed another rotation of Daily 5 (18.5 minutes). Some students Read to Self, others were on the computer, and a few worked with me. 

J'Shawn played a Word Wall Word game.

J'Shawn

And Liliana put the weekly Word Wall Words is alphabetical order.

Liliana

The final activity of the day was reviewing Bumpa Rumpus by either retelling or reading the pictures. J'Shawn was excited to read the pictures to the class.