Day 3 - Feeling successful!

Wow - we got through so much today, it's unbelieveable!

This morning, we shared the book we are donating to the class.  It was great to see what our peers are reading, and to receive recommendations from them.  Surprisingly, nobody brought the same book!  We used these peer recommendations to practice our first reading task:  Read to Self.  The class discussed how practicing makes us better readers - and why it's essential that we practice.  Our goal was to have 100% of the students "Read to Self" (using guidelines from our anchor chart!) for three minutes.  Although we didn't meet our goal today, we are going to make another attempt tomorrow!

We began to create our class book, which will be a great addition to the classroom library. The kiddos were so quiet during this activity - I had to encourage them to socialize and get to know each other.  It's not very often that the teacher gets to say "You guys are too quiet - why don't you talk to a friend?"

In math, we continued to work on our journals (way to go, Kaycie and Leah for really expanding your thinking!).  For the first time, we met in the "math meeting" area and looked at our menu choices for math.  To practice independence, the students played our first "G" game:  TOP IT!  We were able to make it to twelve minutes with 100% engagement.

Tomorrow, we will add to our reading and math menus, work on our engagement, and of course - have more fun!

Please, please, please continue to work on math facts nightly, as well as read.  Thank you for all you do!