I introduced three reading strategies today during three separate CAFE lessons. The students enjoyed the three books that I read to demonstrate each strategy. I ended up reading an extra book at snack time because this group just loves being read to!
The Fabulous Bouncing Chowder was used to introduce our accuracy strategy, Cross Checking.
After our group brainstorm, I had the students complete this activity independently using the target number 7. Some students used manipulatives to assist them in generating math sentences.
My New Teacher and Me was used to introduce our comprehension strategy, Check for Understanding.
The Fabulous Bouncing Chowder was used to introduce our accuracy strategy, Cross Checking.
The Troll was used to help introduce our expanding vocabulary strategy, Tune Into Interesting Words.
We read Chicken Big during snack time just for the laughs! What a hilarious story about a coup full of crazy chickens!
The students really impressed me today in math! We definitely have some math wizards in our class! I introduced one of my favourite math activities called How Many Ways? Students brainstormed different ways to make the number 5 using math sentences. The results were outstanding!
We will do this activity frequently for the first few weeks of school to brush up on their number sense skills. For the remainder of the year, we will be doing this activity at least once a week for 15-30 minutes. It's amazing to watch their skills and confidence grow throughout the year!
Table two hard at work!
Table five hard at work!
I was so impressed with their behaviour and effort today that we ended the day with some extra playground time!
What a great bunch!
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