New Class Project
/Last week we read a silly book called We Don’t Eat Our Classmates. Otter students were cracking up during the book and one of our students suggested that we could do a play of this story. Classmates quickly agreed. We had a discussion and vote about whether we would like to pursue a play called We Don’t Eat Our Classmates as our first collaborative class project. The vote was nearly unanimous and we began brainstorming ideas and questions about how this might work. This afternoon we reread the story and started brainstorming the characters and props we’d need for the play. Owen and Morgan created a list of all of our ideas so far. We will continue working on this play during our afternoon content time this week. We also watched a video interview with the author Ryan T. Higgins about how he got the idea for the story and how he turned his ideas into a book.
Other popular Otter activities have been dodgeball outside, playing chess, creating structures with magnatiles and Rigamajig, and painting. Today we started our class jobs. We each have an important role to make sure our days function smoothly and our classroom materials are well taken care of. We also had our first official writer’s workshop time today! I will be looking over student writing pieces this week to develop individual goals for our student authors. You probably noticed that a maroon folder came home in your child’s backpack on Friday. This is your child’s folder for take home work. Please be sure to check the folder daily and keep the folder in your child’s backpack. We are teaching our students organizational skills and this folder will be an important part of our school to home routine. Please be sure to admire your child’s hard work. You should also notice a “just right” book coming home with your child each night. Your child may also choose to bring home extra books to read with family members. Please be sure to return these books to school each day. As always, let me know if you have any questions.
