Welcome to part 4 of the series, Teaching with Tomie dePaola books: Responding to Literature. In this post I'll walk you through some of the ways I have my students write about what they are reading during our Tomie dePaola author study. As we transition to … [Read more...]
Landforms and Spring Break!
Ahhhh, Spring Break! We were off last week and I thoroughly enjoyed every second of my restful and semi-productive 9 days! I say semi-productive because I didn't get as far ahead in planning for school as I wanted..... (My school bag still sitting where I left it the … [Read more...]
100th Day Writing & A Freebie
Last week marked our 100th day of school. Where does the year go? I thought I'd share some fun ideas for 100th day writing that include vocabulary building and writing personal narratives. Making "centenarian" self-portraits is always a fun project and a great starting point to … [Read more...]
Informational Expert Books
Happy Friday! It sure was hard to go back after 4 days off! I thought I would share some things we started before Thanksgiving and wrapped up this week. We did a little gallery walk of informational text features. I placed a sticky note on each … [Read more...]
Stellaluna, Some Sugar, & A Freebie!
We've placed a lot of focus on "twin texts", pairing fiction with related nonfiction or informational texts this quarter, and for the last couple of weeks we've been reading about nocturnal animals and learning about informational text features. This week, it's been all things … [Read more...]
