Students in 6F started the day writing in their writers' notebooks. I collect these each week to check them. I handed out the rubric today for how I will score these notebooks from now on. After this, we reviewed the Show Not Tell lesson from last week. Students met in small groups with their rough drafts. They read their drafts aloud and found sentences that were "telling" sentences. Then, with their response group's advice, they went back to revise this part of their piece to show and not tell.
In reading today, we read aloud to start the class. Then I did a lesson on how to respond to one another on the book group blog. During Reading Workshop time, students chose to Read to Self or Respond to Reading. Two groups met with adults to discuss character development in their Celebrate our Differences book. Reading logs and vocabulary are due tomorrow. Students need to keep reading to their deadlines and sticky noting.
In science today, I read to students from a book called Science Verse. The part I read mimicked Casey at Bat and was about the scientific method. Then, students worked on their procedures for wrapping a shoebox.
In spelling, we did an activity with opposites. Students had to come up with opposite pairs for each letter of the alphabet. We shared at the end of class. I handed out spelling homework: Take Home Task #1 which is due on Thursday.
