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Sep 18

September 18, 2014

Tonight’s Homework

There are two assignments for tonight.  The reading homework is to read the picture book that (hopefully) came home today.

This morning, I read one of my favorite kids’ books: The Purple Coat.  I modeled how a reader can think about the text while reading by putting my thoughts on post-it notes and putting them into the book.  Later, I hand-picked 25 of my favorite kids’ picture books, and kids read through them in class and put in some sticky notes with some of their own thoughts.  For homework, students chose a different book to bring home, read, and think about.  The books already have some post-it notes in them from the “first round”, but I’d love kids to add more of their own thoughts on sticky notes tonight.  Ideas for the sticky notes can include:

  • predictions
  • connections to the text
  • inferences
  • questions
  • character observations
  • reactions to events
  • nearly ANYTHING else!

The math homework was something we “built” together at the end of the day.  If your child did not get a copy, he or she can download it here.

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Mar 22

March 22, 2014

One School, One Book

This week, our school is finishing our first (annual, hopefully) One School, One Book activity.  For the past few weeks, students throughout PGS have jointly read the first book of the According to Humphrey series.  Each week, students read through a few chapters at home with their families, and on Fridays, as a whole school, we continued to read the book together.  This particular book has been a great choice because it’s an easy enough book to be appropriate to read with kindergarteners, but it also has terrific opportunities for inferences and connections, making it a good fit for older students. Two weeks ago, PGS students dressed up as their favorite book characters, which was a fun way to celebrate many of our favorite books!

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