Published Authors!

Our class learned about the writing process and experienced how to publish a book!

The first step is to generate ideas.

The next step is to write a rough draft.

The third step is to do peer editing. 

Friends help generate new ideas!

Before you write your final draft, you have a meeting with the teacher to do some final editing and polish it up.

Then you're ready to write your final draft.

Once your final draft is done, you can work on your illustrations.

The last step is to build it into a BOOK! 

And Voila! 

 You have a published book!!!

The BEST part of publishing a book is when you read it to a FRIEND!

Our AMAZING AUTHORS got a chance to share their wonderful stories with the class!

Happy Mother's Day!

Dance Performance

Valeria, Cristina, and Camila invited me to their dance performance. They did a 50's style routine with their dance group.  It was FANTASTIC!  I am so proud of them.

Rossi's Last Day

Today is Rossinho's last day of school. He is moving to Africa.

 We will miss you very much!

I am going to miss playing with Rossinho in the park.

~ Sean

I am going to miss climbing the tree with Rossinho.

~ Valeria

I will miss Rossinho because he makes me laugh.

~ Cristina

I am going to miss Rossinho because he is nice to me.

~ Camila

 I am go miss Rossinho because he is funny.

~ Maria Monica

I will miss Rossinho because he is my friend.

~ Glenn

I am going to miss Rossinho because I like to play star wars with him.

~ Ana

 I am going to miss Rossinho because he is a good friend.

~ Gregory

 I am going to miss Rossinho because he is funny.

~ Maximo

I am going to miss Rossinho because of his smiling face and enthusiasm. I will miss reading his amazing stories.

~ Miss Ali

Daily 5

DAILY 5

Daily 5 is an important part of our class.

In order to become a better reader, there are 5 skills we work on EVERY DAY!

Read to Self

The best way to become a better reader is to practice reading every day, with books that are at your just-right reading level.

Partner Reading

Reading to someone allows you to practice reading strategies, helping you work on fluency and expression, check for understanding, and hearing your own voice.

Writing

Reading and writing go hand in hand. Daily practice of writing is the best way to become a better writer.

Word Work

The more you understand words and spelling patterns the more fluent a writer you become. With word work you practice spelling patterns, experiment with words, and memorize high-frequency words.

Listen to Reading

By listening to teacher read-alouds or books on tape kids can hear examples of good literature and fluent reading. We hear new words and expand our vocabulary.