Getting into the Groove!

This week we had a normal week! All students rotated each day, and we started Art, Band, and Technology! Fifth graders took their first spelling test on Friday, and they even had some homework! This week in reading we worked a lot on read-to-self. Students also put together their reading journals that will be crucial to reading class this year. Finally, we practiced writing a letter about the book we are reading in class. While students were reading this week I started to assess their reading levels with a word test. I will continue assessments next week. These students are awesome! I am so excited for the rest of the year. I know it is going to be great! 

Just a reminder next week is our volunteer orientation. If you are planning to chaperon our field trip in the spring you will need to attend this event. Also, the people from Rachel's Challenge are coming back next week.  Have a super weekend! 


PS. Check out this post from Mrs. Haglin's blog. My class will be participating in this again this year! I can't wait! 

Posted: 18 Sep 2015 01:00 AM PDT

The Global Read Aloud is a fantastic way to connect your students with the world through reading!

There are no rules other than reading one of the selected books aloud to your students and connecting in some way with a different class about the book.

Last fall, Amy Kosloski's class participated.  They connected with classes in Texas, New York, and Canada through Skype and Kidblog.  Check out some of their Kidblog posts here.

They enjoyed a good book together and became more engaged as they discussed the book with other classes.  They broadened their perspective as they viewed, spoke to, and blogged with students from a different area of the world.  Click here to see a few moments from one of their Skype experiences (this was a Mystery Skype, in which each class tried to guess the location of the other class).

This opportunity is for all ages, K-12.  It officially beginsOctober 5th.  I can help you set up a partnership, teach you and your students how to Skype/blog/make any other sort of connection.  Please click here to let me know if you are interested in learning more about the Global Read Aloud.