Greetings from Room 10,
I am pleased to report that I noticed some improvement in
student transitions last week.
Overall, they did a much better job.
They still tend to be a tad chatty.
However, with occasional reminders, they were able to move from one
subject to another without me having to raise my voice to get their attention.
As you all probably remember, this Thursday is a half-day
for the children. I will be conducting
the first round of parent-teacher conferences throughout the afternoon. I will send home conference reminders tomorrow
afternoon. I look forward with meeting
with you all. As you know, we will not
have a report card to reference.
Instead, I will provide you with a copy of the initial AimsWeb reports
for both reading and math.
Beginning this week, we will be hosting a College of St.
Rose graduate student. Ms. Cassuci is a
literacy intern who will be working with your children during our literacy
blocks. She will be working in small
groups initially, and will eventually conduct full-class lessons. She is one of many literacy interns in our
building this semester.
In writing, the children will be working on their special
place piece this week. Our focus will be
revising their “leads/hooks.” I will
introduce three styles or types of leads and my goal will be for the children
to use one of these styles to begin their special place essay. Next week we will begin our long-awaited
historical fiction unit. I have been
doing a lot of research on this genre, and I look forward to working with the
children to write amazing historical fiction pieces.
Last week we began Literacy Stations and this week I will
begin to work with the children in guided reading groups. Our focus for this week will be reading
fluency using readers’ theatre scripts.
Have a nice week, and I will see a third of you on
Thursday!
Lester
Betor and class
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