Tuesday, September 1

Happy Birthday Kayla!  She was so excited, I just had to mention it.  It was a great day today!  The kids really impressed me with their reading today.  We tried Buddy Reading/explain what you read, and they did great.  First we practiced how we sit-EEKK!  Elbow, elbow, knee, knee (we have been doing this for a couple of days.)  We sit close to one another so we can hear our partner and only our partner.  We also practice our voices.  If we are sitting close, we can use quiet voices to read.  When we read with our buddies, we shouldn't be able to hear anyone else.  We are also coaches!  A great coach knows when to guide and help their buddy, and when to let our buddy figure it out on his or her own.  We discussed three ways of Buddy Reading-choral reading, echo reading, and taking turns.  We took turns today.  We would follow along as our partner read, and then told our partner what we heard.  It was a great way to practice comprehension. 

Check out our math page to find out what we did in math today-it was alot of fun! 

Lastly, I hope you enjoyed your "taproot"  (carrot.)  

Hopefully tomorrow will be another great day!