After the emotional week I’ve had, I thought it best if I left my room ready for Monday…
My mentor spent part of a class period modeling ABC Brainstorming. She’s going to return on Monday to help my students understand how to use this brainstorming strategy to discover ways in which authors help them learn…in other words, how to identify text features such as headings, subtitles, and captions.
I’m also going to begin vocabulary instruction in my room. Yeah, yeah. I know…I should have already been doing this, but instead, I spent the first nine weeks on establishing procedures and teaching story elements and context clues.
When I got home from work, I made flip books for my students to use as study aids for their vocabulary words. I don’t have a picture but trust me, they’re bright and cheery. I think my students will enjoy adding the words, definitions, pictures, and sentences.
I’ve got a busy weekend of lesson planning, but I’m well on my way and, at the very least, will be prepared for Monday.
We’ll just have to wait and see about Tuesday.
😉
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