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Hello Families - Since we have this day off, I'll update you on some information from the last couple of weeks of school. Our days are going well and the 5th graders are living into their new responsibilities. They are very excited about working with their kindergarten buddies. To prepare for reading with their buddies, we have spent our reading time reflecting on, and discussing, the reading strategies we use when reading books. The hope that is by understanding our own strategies and attitudes towards reading, students will be more aware of how to help their kindergarten buddies beyond just "sounding out" (which is often treated as the de-facto thing to say when reading with young readers). Here is a list of just some of the strategies students used when making sense of fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels: Repeating words and paragraphs when they don’t make sense When don’t know how to pronounce a person’s name, change it Navigating punctuation (ellipse, e...
Hey, Mr. Johnson! We absolutely loved your time lapse movies! We are looking closely at our garden space and insects. Plus, we are wondering lots about water, too. So, we found all four of the movies fascinating! If you ever wanted to video from our story book garden, that would be awesome, too. Wonder if there's any way you could capture a busy insect home in time lapse? At the moment, we're documenting data on where our insects mostly are found... Let us know if you've got any ideas! Thanks! From all the K's in Room #202
ReplyDeleteMrs. Barnes . . . the time lapse is so easy to use show you and your students how to use it in just a few steps . . . or one of my students can. I like the ideas of filming in the garden. I'm sure we could capture lots of condensation (dew) taking place.
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