Read Across America is off to a great start!
The first two weeks have been a lot of fun and we've enjoyed a number of different activities.
After reading the story "Oh the Places You'll Go" we decorated our classroom door using the story as our inspiration.
We had a special guest reader. Thank you Chief Digianvittorio for reading to our class!
We had a wonderful visit by some of the Howe Manning Kid 2 Kid participants.
They read a kindness story, worked with the students to write a recipe for kindness, and then helped them create flowers with ways to show kindness. The flowers from all of the different classes were put together to create a "garden of kindness"
They read a kindness story, worked with the students to write a recipe for kindness, and then helped them create flowers with ways to show kindness. The flowers from all of the different classes were put together to create a "garden of kindness"
On Comfy Cozy Day we joined Mrs. Kennedy's class for some reading fun. We love getting together with our classroom connection buddies!
One of our very own students read a story and led two activities she had planned all by herself. Julia read "The Night Before Christmas" and then did an activity where she called on students to add stickers to a countdown to Christmas tree. I loved watching how Julia made sure each student got two turns and then when she had one space remaining, fairly choose a student using the class name sticks. This is just what I do!
Next, she demonstrated how to make a pinch pot using clay and then had the students make their own. Julia was a natural in the role of teacher and it was so fun watching her lead the class.
Great job, Julia!
During these first two weeks of Read Across America we've done some fun activities to go with the Dr. Seuss books we've read.
We also read two Saint Patrick's Day books and did a fun writing activity to go with them.
After reading the stories, we imagined what it would be like if we caught a leprechaun. We brainstormed some things that we would ask the leprechaun for and why we wanted then, and then each student choose three to write about. Last, we created a leprechaun to hold our writing. The students loved this and did a great job!
As you can see, we have really enjoyed the first two weeks of Read Across America.
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