Today we introduced a new way of reading in our Daily 5 reading practice. We learned how to "read to someone". We talked about the rules that would help us with this work and decided that to effectively read to someone, we needed to be knee to knee and elbow to elbow so we can look at the words together and help one another. We also discussed how even if we are learning to read, we can look at the pictures, and read the words we recognize! If you want to use these same strategies when reading at home feel free!
This week, we added new criteria to our drawing rubric. We talked about adding detail to our work. To guide this work, we looked at exemplars and discussed how the details in pictures give us more information about what is happening. Today we completed a guided drawing of a road, and students were given freedom over which details they wanted to add. We had lots of creative ideas including golf courses, cityscapes, desert roads, and secret gardens. Here is the criteria students will be assessing themselves based on:
We have also started to add some elements of self reflection into our math tasks this week. This week students were tasked at choosing a number to work with that was "just right" for them. They used a stoplight rubric to determine if they were working in the "just right" zone. Just right work feels like we are challenged, and may need help from a friend or teacher, but can mostly work independently. We talk a lot about just right choices, which promotes students actively seeking these choices during responsible work choice times.
Last week we discussed the value of belonging and its connection to the Circle of Courage. This week, we are using books and personal experiences to talk about mastery. We have read The Dot and Ada Twist, Scientist which have taught us lessons of perseverance and how mastery takes consistent and considerable time and effort!
Here are some photos from this week:
I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow at Open House!!
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