It was nice to have a week uninterrupted by snow days and late starts! Thanks mother nature. In kindergarten, students compared two texts about the same topic - hockey! One book was Henry Holton Takes the Ice, a Chickadee Award book, another title was a nonfiction book about hockey. Students completed a verbal exit ticket making an observation about what was the same and what was different about the two books. Third grade also read Henry Holton Takes the Ice and did a short quiz identifying the nonfiction text feature: glossary. In 4th grade, students learned how to write a paragraph "Hamburger Style". We practiced creating "Answer Sandwiches" with paragraphs about our feelings about the Patriot's win and what we did over February break. That got everyone ready to write about their Maine animal. Here are some pictures of paragraphs students wrote! In 1st grade, students identified which books are in the Chickadee Award Program. Each student got a picture of one of these books. Students found their partner and shared something they did over break. Students reviewed what authors do and what illustrators do. At the end of the book, it says "Everything is better with a dog." Students made their own opinion sentences such as "Everything is better with cheese." I enjoyed learning more about what West Bath Students care about! In 5th grade, I introduced our "Adopt-a-Shelf" program. I am needing a little extra help taking care of shelves. In groups of two, students chose a shelf to adopt. They created beautiful signs for the shelf, and made sure all the books were put away neatly on their shelf. Students became more familiar with where books are located in the library and learned how to use the Dewey Decimal System to find books. I'm so pleased students are taking pride in their library and feel ownership of the space! The library is theirs, not mine, and I want them to feel the space is theirs to use and improve. I'm noticing students need some help "unpacking the shelves" - finding books to read - so next week, students will adopt fiction shelves and learn some browsing strategies so they can find more books they want to read! In 1st grade exploratory we caught up on Chickadee Books (Hippos are Huge) and did an activity to practice telling the difference between fiction and nonfiction books. Each student got a fiction or nonfiction book cover. Students did a great job describing the pictures on their book covers and deciding if the book was fiction or nonfiction. Students had to explain why they made the choices they did. Finally in 2nd grade we learned to create bar graphs to show our classmate's favorite Dr. Seuss book! It was a fun and productive week and I'm looking forward to another week of learning with West Bath School.
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