We have been working hard on creating our Reading Stamina lately. Ask your child how long s/he has been able to sit and read, without being distracted. I encourage everyone to try this at home. They have so much fun really focusing in on their reading rather than trying to find something else to "get into" instead of reading. When we work on reading stamina, I wait for everyone to get started on reading, then I set the timer to count up. I will stop the timer if: someone looks up from reading, looks at me or someone/thing else, checks the timer on the smartboard, gets up from their seat, talks, taps a neighbor, etc. Anything that might "distract" you from reading your book can break the reading stamina challenge. We are working super hard to get up to 10 minutes without being distracted. Sometimes, I will try and intentionally distract the kids by tapping on them, calling their name, walking around the room, opening the door/closing the door. I love how they try to "ignore" me and if I "catch" them, they have that "I just looked at her but I hope she didn't notice" look or they kind of cover their face like, "how did she get me?" They are working so hard. Here are some pictures of their hard work! Way to go!
Notice no one is looking at me (the camera)....that would break reading stamina.
Everyone's reading!
All eyes in the book!
They have no clue, I am here! :)
Great Job with your Reading Stamina Challenge. Ask your child what the time to beat is! :)
This week we have also started something new this year: Writing Workshop. It is designed with the same format as reading workshop but with writing of course. I finally gave everyone their journal on Tuesday and they were able to start writing. We have talked about the journal rules (date at the top right of the paper, picture with details, neat handwriting, finger spaces, capitals at the beginning of sentences and punctuation at the end). We are working on the first of the 6 traits of writing: Ideas. Today I gave everyone an "idea notebook" to jot down their ideas of writing topics so that they aren't "stuck" on what to write. We talked about how authors write about topics that are familiar to them that they are interested in telling others about. Here are some sneak peeks of the kids with their journals. :)
I love how some kids started with the picture while others started with the writing.
Let the ideas flow!
Landon is organizing his idea into picture then he'll write!
These friends are starting with their picture first.
I like how Shamiya is so deep in thought..."what to write, what to write..."
Getting their pictures started!
I can already see that Leah is drawing a very detailed picture to go with her writing!
Mari is working on making her words support her picture!
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