October 19

Happy Friday to all! We had an exciting week here in Room 13! The children were hard at work and enjoying every minute of it.  Two things we would like to spotlight this week are our experience at the Book Fair and our Shared Reading of the week- Phases of the Moon! See below to find out more about these happenings! Enjoy the "view" into Room 13!

Phases of the Moon
Each week as part of our morning work, the class participates in the Shared Reading experience.  For five days, we read the SAME text! Each day we read for a DIFFERENT purpose! The five days consist of the following:
Day One- Preview and Prepare
Day Two- Monitor for Meaning
Day Three-Envisioning
Day Four-Infer and Interpret (WOW!)
Day Five-Synthesize (Double WOW!)

This week, we read a non-fiction piece entitled Phases of the Moon.  The children greatly enjoyed this piece.  We were able to indentify the genre, make connections, and even re-enact the phases of the moon with a globe, flashlight(thanks to the flashlight app. on the iPhone) and a paper-cut out of the moon!  The children were truly immersed in this Shared Reading experience!  Look below to see the snapshots taken of the sketches some children drew during Envisioning. In addition, we took a gallery walk around the room to see what everyone was visualizing.


Lauren's Sketch!



Ethan N.'s  Sketch

Ashishpal's Sketch



Text on SmartBoard!



Gallery Walk

Gallery Walk

Gallery Walk

Scholastic Book Fair
The Marsen's visited the Book Fair on Wednesday this week! We had a great time selecting books and chatting about what we love to read.  Thank you to all the parents that came and donated to our classroom library! We truly appreciate all your involvement!

GOOD NEWS! We have an extention to our family starting Monday!We are looking forward to two new additions to our classroom!!!!  Room 13 is happy to announce that a boy named David will be joining our class, as well as a new teacher aide, Mrs. Levy! We know they will be received with many smiles and warm wishes as they begin their experience at Cantiague and in Second Grade!

COMING SOON... our field trip to the Queens County Farm on Thurs. October 25th! Get your "Jericho" t-shirts up and ready to go!