Vacation Fun

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are having a great vacation!  Whether you are having fun in your neighborhood or have traveled some place exciting, I am looking forward to hearing all about it!  Add to the padlet below a sentence or two or even a picture of something you would like to share about your vacation. On Tuesday, each of us will be choosing one special moment to start a seed story. The children enjoy sharing a photo with the class and talking about their vacation.  :)

Simply double click on the board and write a note. Write your name at the top of the note as the title.

George Washington and Abraham Lincoln

Children enjoyed listening to biographies of when Washington and Lincoln were young and about their jobs and adventures before they each were president.  They were surprised that they could make text-to-self connections with these famous leaders such as loving to read and having moved as a child.  I was impressed that as Ms. Montefusco read the books about Lincoln, the children were independently making wonderful text-to-text connections with what they learned about Washington.

We practiced finding the main idea and details of a nonfiction text as evidenced below in our Washington thinking map.

Chatterpix made our Washington directed drawings come to life so we could share our new knowledge with you!

Did your child teach you anything interesting about one of these presidents?

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With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

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With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

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With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

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With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).