We are back, though, and it was nice to get back to work. Today we started to read a newspaper about using maps. One of my favorite comments was someone picking up the newspaper and saying, "I feel like my dad."
We are going to continue to look through and talk about the newspaper the rest of this week. If you want to, you can find the newspaper in the social studies folder.
The class also got a chance to share their projects that they completed with their Charlotte's Web/The One and Only Ivan menu boards. I loved getting the chance to walk around the room and see some of the projects. I was amazed by some of the writing that went with these projects. Today I saw some great I am What I Am poems and was blown away by some of the obituaries. I am hoping to get a few photos of these projects so I can share them on the blog.
Not everyone has got a chance to share their projects, yet. I am hoping by Friday the whole class will have had a chance to share their work.
Finally we continued to look at Cynthia Rylant as an author. Today we read the book Tulip Sees America.
I loved how this book had a simple structure that we could easily follow. I have been having the class look at certain pages of the book and notice certain parts of Cynthia's writing. We are getting better and better at noticing the amazing things that Rylant does as an author. When the students are sharing their writing, I can hear how they are using what they notice as a reader to make them better authors.
I hope you are talking to the students about Cynthia Rylant or asking them to share their writing with you. The writing is spectacular. When they are done sharing, ask them how they tried to make that writing like Cynthia's.
I cannot believe it is already Wednesday. Hope you are all having a great week.
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