2012...Wow!  I hope everyone had a wonderful winter break! I enjoyed EVERY minute of mine but was looking forward to being back in the classroom today!  I missed my sweet puppies!

Recess Change

From now on we will be going outside if the temperature is 32 degrees or warmer!  That is 32 windchill as well...So if it is 42 degrees with a wind child of 30 we will NOT be going out! SOOO...please make sure your child comes to school with a warm outside coat, hat and mittens if need be!

Our author study has begun!!! We are entering the world of Marc Brown and ...

Today we read

D.W.'s Lost Blankie!

We found out that 

Marc Brown writes about his experiences as a young child.  The characters in his books are based on friends and family members.

During this study we will focus on QUESTIONING.  Good readers often ask themselves questions when reading.  They question themselves before, during and after the piece has been read.  So...we took this opportunity to think about what we would like to know about this story before we read it!  "Where did she lose the blanket?, What did it look like?, Did anyone help her find it?, Where did she find it?"  All great questions and most of them were answered in the story!  We paused throughout the story to ask ourselves questions as well. And after we finished we still had some questions we wish had been answered... After reading we then worked on retelling D.W.'s Lost Blankie.  Unfortunately we did not have enough time to make our "STORY MAP" game board...but will look forward to that as time permits throughout the week!