I'm finally ready and able to blog about this past week. Needless to say, this weekend was crazy! Good, but crazy!
To start, I wanted to share our adorable Martin Luther King writing projects. We read a book titled "Happy Birthday Martin" and watched Brainpop. We discussed why he was a great leader and how he has impacted our world today. The students then wrote about it and made their very own Martin Luther...not pre-cut or traced of course!
We also reviewed the concept of verbs! The students chose a verb to use in a sentence and then made a foil person to coincide! My teammates found this idea on another first grade blog, but I'm not sure of the name! So, here's a shout out to that blog! Creative and out of the box idea. The kids had a very fun time "foiling!"
Moving on, I LOVED, and I mean LOVED our writing focus last week. We are in the process of learning to write How-to-Books/detailed directions. My brilliant team came up with the idea of a reversed Writers Workshop. After several lessons, the students were given about 15 minutes to write their own directions for making Peanut Butter and Jelly!
Then, the students sat with a partner and had to read their own instructions to the other student. The student listening had to follow the directions exactly! WOW...I had so many students say, "Now we know why we have to add details!" Exactly my point I thought...
After they gave directions, and ate their sandwiches, we came together to discuss how important it is to add details to our writing! I did have students say, "This was the best Writers Workshop ever!...Maybe we should call it Eaters Workshop!" Haha
I wanted to close by showing a few "random" things going on in our room! Due to the winter season, we have hung up our snowflake stained glass! We change these out every season...so hearts are next! We pre-cut the construction paper outline, pieces of tissue paper and contact paper! Easy breezy!
Check em' out!
After the Christmas break, I wanted to help my students be a bit more organized! I always tell them that our space needs to be organized so that we think clearly! This will help our brain stay organized.
Anyways, I bought cheap plastic bins for the students to use as desk drawers. All of their supplies go into the drawer. It keeps the clutter contained!
Ahhh....love clean desks!
Finally, we are heading into the 3rd quarter and it is time to renew our AR reading goals! Based on the students latest STAR results, each student has a new amount of tests to take. I made these new recording sheets to keep on their desks to keep track of their data. I wanted something short term and visible that would not get ruined! After taking a test, the student can use a dry erase maker to fill in a box. When they have reached the star, they have met their goal!
Trying something new and I hope it keeps the students motivated to keep reading and learning!
That's all for now! Have a fabulous week and keep checking the blog for classroom updates.
--Mrs. Hunter
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