Those rules are:
1. Follow directions quickly.
2. Raise your hand for permission to speak.
3. Raise your hand for permission to leave your seat.
4. Make smart choices.
5. Keep your dear teacher happy.
In reading, we are working on Read to Self. We have built our reading stamina to 13 minutes. Our goal is to reach 20+!!! We also learning how to pick good fit books (not too hard and not too easy!)
In writing, our focus is on telling personal stories and writing them across 3 pages. This week I introduced the concept of writing small moment stories - a specific event.
Kids love to write, "I went to Disneyland. I went to McDonald's. then I went home. That was NOT a small moment.
Here's a small moment. "Yesterday I was riding my bike with my sister. I ran over a crack on the sidewalk and I fell down. I hurt my knee and my chin. There was a lot of blood."
We do lots of oral storytelling in order to get our thoughts organized before writing them down.