Good fit books

We have been talking a lot about good fit books in class. These posters have been really helpful in getting the ideas across. I used to do the shoe lesson in daily five, but I really think this bike analogy makes a lot of sense to the kids and can be up on the wall all year. The kids helped me fill in the words and I added this face as we talked about each one. This was an idea I had seen shared a bunch on Pinterest!

Check for Understanding

I have been really enjoying doing Reader's Workshop while still utilizing components of Daily Five this year.  This year I am looking forward to using this Spanish Check for Understanding bookmark I created based on an English one I had discovered on Pinterest (see that teacher's original blog post here).  It uses the ASL sign for the letter "Q" as a prompt to think about "Quien" y "Que" when retelling and checking for understanding.

Reader's Workshop!

For the past two weeks we have been working on the three parts of Reader's Workshop.  These posters have really been helpful to get the idea across.  At this point we are just establishing rules and norms and getting to know our classroom library, but am looking forward to diving more deeply into reading strategies soon!