Last week we read several books about ponds, and all the critters that live there. We wanted to take special note of how making connections between texts helps us better understand what we read.
We looked really closely at two books - In The Small, Small Pond & Pond Circle.
We wrote down our thinking on T charts ...
We also recorded our thinking on a Venn Diagram. Look at all the things we found that were the same and different. We were EXCELLENT book detectives!
Then, Friday, we read another book about ponds. This one was a book of poems, and we loved noticing things that were the same as the other books we read this week. Here's a Pic Collage (one of our favorite apps to create with) of our thinking.
We even got to watch our tree frog tadpole change into a frog! It was so neat to watch his tail shrink! We'll enjoy them one more day, Monday, before we set him free to enjoy the fall weather. We still have several toad tadpoles to finish watching!
This coming week we'll begin thinking about Fall. We'll be reading about the season, creating with fall scented playdough, and much more!
We will also be finishing up our O.R.E.O. project with a Skype call to a 1st grade class in Wisconsin! We're really excited to share how our project went and learn about theirs. We'll average our data and get put on the O.R.E.O. project map. Look for lots of pictures and projects very soon!
Thank you for all your support!
Mrs. Zig
No comments:
Post a Comment