The children arrived excited to learn (well actually they didn’t care for the let’s get to work welcome that I gave them!) We tried something new today that I called 4 Corners. The children have 4 kinds of activities to choose, with two assignments in each category. They could work on what they wanted first and choose partners when needed. They especially enjoyed the two poetry activities. The children had to choose a poem, practice reading it, and have someone else video tape them reciting it. We were able to watch a few of the videos later in the day and learned a few things. We also had a few bloopers — a few people didn’t know they had left the video camera on and one camera person made us a little seasick with the back and forth motion! We will work on these activities more Tuesday.
Before Spring Break every child reached our class goal of 100 Accelerated Reader Points! Ms. Dolan promised the class a trip to Uno’s if this happened and we are working on the plans for that. We will let the children know as soon as we have the details worked out. The children have amazed me with their excitement for reading and learning. This class has been great fun to teach!
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