This past week we wrote our last TpT lesson plan for the summer. Summer is flying by, and we now need to spend time cleaning our classrooms and getting them ready for our new students. We are getting excited about meeting them and beginning a fresh new school year.
Our latest lesson plan goes along with our first Reading Streets story called The Twin Club. It is a free lesson plan focusing on setting changes and how they affect the characters' thoughts, feelings, and actions. If you use this basal series you might want to check it out.
We will definitely continue to write lesson plans, but we are taking a few weeks off.
No tutoring this week because the kiddies are on vacation.
Anne found an interactive venn diagram activity on Read, Write, Think. She was thinking it might be a good tool for students to use during Daily 5.
Kim found two articles that seem to go together. Both articles are about how to help students become more engaged and involved in their own learning. This is a major component of the Common Core State Standards. Here are the links the two articles:
How to Transform Direct Instruction
Essential Questions
Kim also found a fun, first-day-of-school activity to do with our second graders. This is a new twist on the People Search we did for many years. We will be making "Getting To Know You" necklaces. After they make their necklaces the kids go around the room and look for other kids who have similar beads on their necklaces. This idea came from the blog Sunny Days in Second Grade. If you have never checked out her website, we highly recommend it. You can download this free activity from this site.
Have a great time getting ready for the start of school!
Kim and Anne
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