Today we began the day in reading groups by taking about main idea. We are working on sumarizing a story by telling about the main idea instead of telling allllllllllllllllllllllll the details (which I am sure you have heard a retelling from your student before that included EVERYTHING that happened). Our goal is to be able to tell the main idea of a story without "giving all the other parts" away.
During writing and whole-class reading we working on a poem and reviewed rhyming words that sound alike but are spelling differently (said, bed). We also practiced our reader's theatre so that we would be ready to show the Kindergarteners our play on Tuesday.
We also had our long-anticipated popcorn part after math time in the afternoon. We watch the Charlie-Brown version of the pilgrims trip on the Mayflower- very cute!
On Tuesday we will be having a little Thankgiving dinner in the morning before we go home. We will have a turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cornbread muffins, corn, apple juice and cranberries. The students will enjoy this after they do their skit for the Kindergarteners.
Also, I want to say THANK YOU to Meghan's friend Mike for helping us with spelling this week, Louis' mom for helping with homework binders, and Clara's mom for helping me with copies and games, etc. for me to use with the kids in the next few weeks. I appreciate all of you! I know this is a VERY busy time for everyone!
I don't know if Molly remembered, but her step-dad is a direct decendant of Richard Warren who was a passenger of the Mayflower. Just a fun fact to share. :)
ReplyDeleteVery cool! The kids will LOVE to hear this! They are so excited about all things Mayflower :) I will have Molly share that info with them tomorrow.
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