Another busy, but very good, day in Room 240. To begin the day, we had independent reading time, followed by Morning Meeting. The kids had a chance to share something if they wished, and several did.

After Morning Meeting, we had Reader’s Workshop. Today the lesson was about what the classroom should look and sound like during Read-Aloud. The kids also learned about what their “inside the head jobs” to do while they are listening to a story are: thinking, asking themselves questions, paying attention, and predicting. Then I read them an Amelia Bedelia book, which, as you can guess, involves a fair amount of predicting. We then closed up Reader’s Workshop by recapping the skills that they learned today.

After Reader’s Workshop, we had a short break and then we had Writer’s Workshop for the first time. I taught the kids how to begin a story – so many of them are already great writers! They all wrote for about 20 minutes – I can’t wait to read their writing tonight!

After Writer’s Workshop, the kids had a little free art time – they got to draw whatever they liked before lunch and recess.

When we got back from lunch and recess, we had a little bit of time to continue reading the Nate the Great book that we began yesterday, and then we headed up to the art room for class with Mr. Fairbanks.

After art, we had math, and continued with the explorations of math tools that we stated yesterday.

To wrap up the day, we had science, and we generated a list of questions about our worms. Then, each student got a magnifying glass and a partner, and then observed one of the worms with their magnifying glass. After examining two different worms, we discussed their research findings – they came up with some very interesting observations about the worms, as you can guess.

After all of that, it was time to pack up and head out!