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| A student collecting data from a coin activity. |
Greetings from the four foot and under club! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. We were in the great state of Maine for most of it and it was just a beautiful weekend to be near the ocean. Today the students started their fist writing unit. We will be focusing on writing narratives (small moment stories). We looked at the book
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen. I explained to the kids how we can learn from master writers and Jane is certainly one of them. Take a listen to the first page (click the Owl Moon link). Listen to how she gets at your senses and uses such detail. The students then identified a story they could write and started thinking about the starts of their stories. They will continue to work on these tomorrow. Today also marked the 1st day of our reading groups. Three of the groups have group books to read at home. The other group has a chapter book to read from.
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| Students practicing their dance routine in gym class. |
That is all for now. I hope you all have a great week. Remember, no school on Friday and there will not be a blog entry.
Peace,
Tommy
