I feel like I'm a literacy specialist since so much of my day is spent with literacy:
9-9:40: phonics, whole group reading
9:40-10:40: small group reading
10:40-11:25: writing
11:25-11:55: science
12:30-1:05: intervention/extension block (fluency, comprehension and vocabulary)
1:05-2:05: small group reading
Here are some snapshots of our centers:
Blogging:
My students are using kidblog to respond to one another online:
Snapshot of our afternoon blog:
They're doing such a great job!
Reader's theater:
They're doing a Greek mythology passage this week :) I love that they picked one that aligns to our grade level read aloud, The Lightning Thief. We're also going on a field trip next week to see a performance of Jason and the Argonauts
Our new centers, based on the novels they just finished:
All are available on TpT!
We're also doing our weekly affixes:
On Tuesdays I challenge them to find non-examples of this week's affixes. Today, it was words that appeared to start with un- or re- and end with -s or -es that were non-examples of these affixes. They did a good job at coming up with ideas.
Since both of my groups (AM and PM) finished Hatchet, I had them compare their anchor charts:
They did a good job with picking out the same big ideas from the novel and analyzing how Brian developed over time.
Since I don't have enough books for both groups, one is reading The River while the other is reading Brian's Winter with the idea they'll switch when they're done.
We also looked at how the cover illustrations had changed over time:
They were highly amused by the early 90's version :)
My students are so excited about our books and that's just awesome.
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