Mr. Lake's Class: Friday September 14, 2012

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Friday September 14, 2012

NEWS

This week we have focused our attention on expected and unexpected behaviors. Mrs. Aikey came to our class and demonstrated some unexpected behavior and then we talked about them together. A small group got to do a skit, roll playing unexpected behaviors in a group setting. We will re-visit this lesson throughout the year. We also began to learn about bullying in school. We will concentrate next week on what we can do to help prevent bullying and what the students can do if they witness it or involved.

Last week I explained a bit about our writing instruction and Writer’s Workshop. That is one component in our balanced literacy approach. Utilizing Writer’s Workshop, Readers Workshop and Fundations we immerse the students in literacy. In Reader’s Workshop we begin our year focusing in on good habits of readers, and learning more about each other as readers. A typical day begins with a short lesson to the whole class to a specific targeted area. The students then go off to read independently for between 15-30 minutes with “just right” books. While the students are reading independently I pull individuals or small groups of students to work on specific reading skills, such as fluency, decoding, comprehension, and prediction.

Our class blog is up and running. In the weeks to come I will be adding pictures and student work and eventually student blogs. http://www.synergylake.blogspot.com/

You can now order books from Scholastic anytime! https://orders.scholastic.com/HFWGD With each online order we receive a free book for the classroom!!

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