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The kids can't wait to go to music every Thursday!
2018-2019 |
![]() We have been spending a great deal of time reading and understanding non-fiction text. Much of the reading we do as adults is informational. The Common Core standards place a heavy emphasis on both reading and writing non-fiction pieces to make sure our students are college and career ready. Directed Drawing is technique I use often in class. The children draw along with me as I teach them. It's a powerful method because each child is actively involved and needs to pay attention throughout the entire lesson. The Directed Drawing we did this week was about the Pilgrims voyage to America. Ask your child what he/she learned! After listening to a book about bears and a book about penguins, the children were given sticky notes to jot down the main topic and any key details they learned from the text. We finished up the week with a Close Reading activity. The idea of Close Reading is to read the text with a close eye - meaning to read it several times in order to get a better understanding. Close Reading usually takes 2 -3 days. On Friday, we did our first reading - the children try to read through the text independently. Next, I read the text aloud to the students as they followed along. At this point, the children circled any words they did not understand. Children discussed their circled words with a partner and then as a class to determine what they meant. Close Reading is done with material that has some challenging words or concepts in order to help children persevere until they understand what it means. ![]() In music class this week, Mr. Perez began to teach the children about half notes and quarter notes. The class used rhythm sticks to follow the measures written on the board. It's like learning a new language!!! The kids can't wait to go to music every Thursday!
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