Reading and Language Learning

9/20/17 - Today students could read to "Libby" from the Libby Listens program. They had a great time reading books to her!
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9/13/17 -Checking in books at the library and finding new treasures to read!
9/12/17 - This week we are working on characterization. Students read excerpts from Crispin by Avi and Tale of Despereaux by Kate di Camillo and used evidence from the text to draw pictures of charcaters and to describe what the characters are like.
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8/31/2017 - We  finished reading Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Groups worked on character and setting charts.
8/30/17 - Today we worked on our close reading skills and we also analyzed how setting and events influence the actions of a character.
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8/10/17 - Learning about Character Traits - We began this year by determining the traits of characters by studying what the characters, think, say, do, and feel. We read A Bad Case of Stripes and determined character traits of the main character, Camilla.
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