Reading
Literature Circle groups are going smoothly...or as smoothly as possible with five groups going at once. I think the kids are enjoying the books, for the most part. There may be a few who did not get their choice this time around and are not so enthralled with their story. However, those kids will definitely get one of their choices next time around.
Spelling
Things are moving along as usual.
Writing
Kids have been working on "A Tale of Two Friends," a story of two friends who have a miscommunication and how they get beyond it. This story, as you may have figured out, is also part of our learning in Friendship Group.
Word Work
Students have been filling out word cards and putting them in their word boxes. I will be checking in and checking up on their work today.
Book Reviews
We had a short lesson on writing informative, interesting, and user-friendly book reviews last week. Hopefully, this will result in higher-quality reviews for our class book. Kids are definitely getting more interested in writing and reading other people's reviews. They're also working for those stickers on the chart.
Friendship Group
We have been working with communication via words, body language, and tone of voice. Last week we played with saying the same words with a different tone and communicating a different message. This week we are working with communication for conflict resolution. Kids are learning the steps to take in resolving a conflict and some options for respectful language. We are focusing on the "I feel/I want" message. For example, "I feel bad when you cut me in line. I want you to get behind me."
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