Week in Review

It is hard to believe September is over.  Seventeen days into the school year and we are building a great classroom community.  We have spent time getting to know each other and the routines.  I know we are going to have a great year.  We have finished our first unit in Math.  We finished our first interactive read aloud.  The book was The Landry News by Andrew Clements.  It was a book that touched most of us deeply.  I think we will be seeing some Andrew Clements titles being read during independent reading.  We might even do another one together, but our next read aloud will be the start of our participation in the Global Read Aloud project.    We will be reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.  We will be continuing to interact with the book in our classroom while hopefully also interacting with a global community of learners.  I am excited both for the book and the experience.  We will keep you updated.

Our First Week

The first week of school was a great success!  We are spending time getting to know each other and learning the routines of the classroom.  We have enjoyed some great books, and had good discussions about them, as we began Reader's Workshop.  We have started using our Math journals and learning about geometry.  Next week we will continue to learn more about geometry and we will begin Writer's Workshop.