We're Off to a Great Start!

The first week of school just flew by as we learned and practiced all the routines in our classroom.  We began building our stamina for read to self.  The class learned how to shop for books in our classroom library.  We learned and practiced our math rotations.  We brainstormed writing topics and wrote each day!  At the end of the week, the students were so excited to finally decorate their writing binders!

 Pictures above were taken during our Read to Self time and during our math rotation practice.  Our math block will have 3 rotations: teacher lesson, math assignment, and partner math game.  Using this framework allows me to teach small groups during math time and differentiate the instruction to the needs of the students.

 The students couldn't wait to get into our classroom library and start shopping for books!  This class loves to read!  Building our stamina for Read to Self has been so smooth because they don't want to put their books down!

Here we are making our writing binders a very special place to hold all of our writing throughout the year.  During writing workshop we've learned that as authors we all have stories to tell.  We are never done writing as authors.  We can always go back to a previous piece of writing and add to our words or pictures.  We can also start a new piece of writing.