Happy Friday!!! This week we learned so many fun facts about
spiders! We started with this chart.. this picture is an “in progress” picture. We continued adding to it and grouping categories as the week went on.
After a few days of
nonfiction reading, we decided to have a little fun with this quick read, “Aaaarrgghh! Spider!” I may or may not read this *very* dramatically and scare the pants off of my kiddos when I scream. Several of them started to plug their ears, ha! Afterwards we wrote if we would want a spider as a pet or not. Their responses were a hoot!
One of my favorite aspects of
Rooted in Reading is our
vocabulary responses. It has helped tremendously with our vocabulary development and our understanding of words! These little
vocabulary prompts don’t take a lot of time, but they help us use words in context, which I love!!
Then it was time for my students to
draw and label a spider! I’m telling you… this continues to be one of my favorite parts of the week because they are pretty much SILENT while working on their pictures. They get SOOOOO excited every.single.time I pass out blank paper!!!
Don’t forget… we are releasing our November unit in just a FEW days!!! I couldn’t be more thrilled to share that with you! I’m just loving how it’s coming along :))) Next week my class will dig into
Crankenstein! I’m all prepped and ready to go thanks to
Rooted in Reading!!!
3 Responses
Love this unit, Amy! We are doing your Stellaluna pack next week and then the spider pack for Halloween week. Keep up the good work! I can't wait to see the November pack. My books are ready to go.
Do you tick the post its that are correct? Or as you read the facts? I love how it's interactive!
♥ Stephanie
Fishing for Education Blog
This is such a FABULOUS idea!!! I love it! Thanks for creating such a wonderful resource! I teach third grade, but these activities are perfect for my kiddos! THANK YOU!!!!