Day 3: Read My Shirt and Reading Help

The Girls

Read Across America Day 3:  Read My Shirt Day.  25 of 27 students were able to find a clever shirt to wear...and no inappropriate ones to cover up! 

The Boys

 Here is yesterday's strange conversation about getting ready for Read My Shirt Day:
Student 1:  "Do you have a shirt with words?"
Stuentt 2:  "No, I am going to Wal-Mart tonight."
Student 1: "I like to go to Wal-Mart on Thursday nights"

Stumped me!  Any thoughts on special events at Wal-Mart, on Thursdays?

 

Can You Help?  I need some ideas from my blogging family.  During Reading Round-Up, my group of readers is reading Charlotte's Web.  There are about 30 readers, all fluent and good readers.  There still is quite a bit of variety in the speed with which the read.  We meet for 30 minutes, four days a week and I assign a set amount of pages for them to read.  What do I do with the kids who get there first.  Right now I have them reread, so the text stays with them.  Thoughts, ideas, suggestions...what do you all do?





We read Oh the Thinks You Can Think, another of my favorite Dr. Seuss books and Abby @ The Inspired Apple has the cutest little unit using the books.  So we made our own "Thinks" and had some clever things to think.

Think of going down a slide into a T-Rex

Each student traced and cut out the pieces for their think.  They wrote their think on paper, with Sharpie, and then drew their mental image for what they think.
They turned out pretty cute.  Thanks Abby for the fun idea.

Happy Wednesday!
Laurie
PS  Some of our Potato Characters are making it to class and I just can't wait to show you what some kiddos have come up with:

Hagrid

Fancy Nancy

Fly Guy

Splat the Cat