We recently published our first fiction stories! Our students had a fabulous time creating their characters and planning their main character's problem and solution. We were writing realistic fiction. So, the goal was to create characters and events which were realistic and could occur in real life. Our realistic fiction stories are now posted on the hallway bulletin board. You can watch the video below to hear one of our first grader’s stories!
Tuesday, 17 February 2015
Monday, 16 February 2015
Visiting Authors: Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann
Last week, we had the fortune of welcoming Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann into our classroom. During the week, our two visiting authors supported our students in developing their ability to write fiction stories. As well, Eric shared his skills as an artist by leading one of our art classes.
The students loved having our visiting authors here! Two of our favourite books, from our guests, were Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! and The Cinder-Eyed Cats. We will certainly revisit these favourites in the future.
Friday, 6 February 2015
Day 100
The students had a fabulous time trying to guess what was in their friends’ Mystery Bags. Everyone did a wonderful job of creating clues and making inferences to predict what was in their friends' bags. Moms and Dads, a big thank you for taking the time to help your child make their Mystery Bag. They loved it!
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Reader's Workshop: Nonfiction
In reading, we are presently learning about the nonfiction genre. We have focused on understanding nonfiction text features and how we can use these features to support our comprehension. As well, we are learning how to identity the main idea, supporting details, and interesting facts which we did not previously know about the topic.
Click on the video below to learn a little more about nonfiction texts from two of our students.
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