It was great to see everyone after the extra long weekend on Tuesday! We got to end our day with an Author Celebration. The kids got to share their published personal narrative stories. There was excitement in the air as each student got to share their story with a small group of their classmates. It was nice to see the "audience" asking questions of the author as well as paying them a nice compliment. At the end each student got to create a "compliment card" for one of their group members. We shared the compliments with the class. As a class we also celebrated how much we learned as writers over the first two months of school.
We are now moving on to writing essays. Essays are quite different from personal narratives and they follow a specific structure. This structure makes it easier for some kids to write down their thinking. We will continue to learn about essays over the next few weeks.
In reading we continued to talk about making inferences. It was great to see such a wonderful turnout at our Read with Me workshop this past Thursday. The kids talked about how they love being able to share what they are learning in school with their parents and act as the "experts." It is such a great way for the students to show off what they know. Thank you to the parents that were able to make it to the workshop! We will have another Read with Me workshop in January!
Please remember that permission slips are due for the field trip to the Ecotarium. Permissions slips were due today, so if you haven't sent it in yet please do so by early next week.
I hope everyone enjoys this November weekend!
~Mrs. Lewis
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