We watched James and the Giant Peach. As expected, there were some differences in the movie. I would have loved to have seen the Cloud Men, but they added some skeletons instead. Hmmmm….I wonder if that has anything to do with the director.?.? (Tim Burton, lol) My firsties did observe some things that were the same, so I look forward to our discussion next week. When Aunt Sponge came on the screen, one friend commented, "She is fatter than I visualized." Bless him, because she wasn't as fat as I visualized. #perspective
Writing
We do a good bit of writing in my class. I always tell my students: If you can say it, you can write it. If you can write it, you can read it. I believe that learning to read and write are connected and am always amazed at the progress that is made through the year.
Below are a few beginning of the year writing samples.
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| This is a morning work activity that I made to go along with our McGraw-Hill reading series. If you LOVE it, visit my TPT store. I will be adding some more soon that will not have the sentence at the top. |
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| Writing about friends. "What Friends Do Together" was our Big Idea this week. |
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| This journal entry was directly related to James and the Giant Peach scene about the Cloud-Men and the rainbow. Cool! |
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| All levels of writing are accepted. In the few weeks of school, this friend has advanced from letter strings to a transitional stage of beginning sounds, some middle and ending sounds, some sight words and spaces between "words". |
You will be amazed with what you see at the end of the year, so stay tuned! And don't forget to comment, even just to say HI!
Robin
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