Pajama and Stuffed Animal Day

Guest Speaker!

Thank you so much to the Bix family for sharing Terry Deinlein, Gigi's grandfather!  Throughout his lifetime, he has obtained MANY, many autographs from famous sports players, musicians and actors and taught us ways to pursuade these people to give us their autograph!  He even has George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Judy Garland's autograph, which we got to see!



Comprehension Questions!

Hey Parents!

In school, we have been working on comprehension questions.  A lot of the kids are reading accurately and are not making a ton of mistakes with word correction.  On the other hand, the kids are struggling with deeper meaning comprehension.  I wanted to give you some tools that you can use at home when asking questions to your kids about the reading!  

What is this story MOSTLY about?

Is this a fiction or non-fiction piece?

Who is telling you this story? 

Who are the characters?

Why are you reading this piece? (not just because Mrs. H said so!!) :)

Can you retell this story using key details?

What is the setting of the story?

What type of text am I reading?

Why do you think the author wrote this story? (Theme)

Why did that character act that way?  

Is this book easy, just right or too hard?

These are just a few, but I'm hoping they will start healthy conversations about the text sent home or a text they are reading at home! 

Thanks for your support! 

Pre-Thanksgiving Fun!

The 2 days before Thanksgiving were filled with fun!  The Columbus Zoo came and presented a few of their fantastic animals and we explored the past and compared it with the present by rotating "sessions" in each classroom!  We made butter in our classroom and also compared transportation from the past to today by going on a gallery walk!  We had a great 2 days!