I am linking up again with Kasey at Doodle Bugs Teaching with Five for Friday. It is always such fun to see what everyone is up to. I am sad to say, that I lack pictures of Saint Patrick's Day Activities, but will share some of our busy week.
1. Our first grade team participated in a Lesson Study on the book Fishing in the Air. We met a few times to find our Common Core Standard to focus on, find a matching book, activities and lesson plans for 3 days. We were then able to observe each other to focus on student engagement and evidence of higher order questions. It was a great experience.
2. On day 2 of our lesson study, we chose an excerpt from the story to chart and let the children identify key words that appealed to our senses and created a feeling (RL1.4). We worked on coding the text with sensory icons whole group and then with individual samples that were typed up from the story. It was a challenging activity for some, but the discussion came together on day 3 and it was great to get input from others.
1. Our first grade team participated in a Lesson Study on the book Fishing in the Air. We met a few times to find our Common Core Standard to focus on, find a matching book, activities and lesson plans for 3 days. We were then able to observe each other to focus on student engagement and evidence of higher order questions. It was a great experience.
3. The kids are loving anything Pigeon:)
4. Soccer season has started here in Florida so we have practices on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights and most games at 9:00am on Saturdays. I already miss our lazy Saturday mornings!
5. Florida Residents pay for a day at Sea World and can upgrade to an annual pass for the same price! On Saturday, Justin and Zach talked us into sitting in the soak zone in row 3 for the show. Needless to say, we were wet, but oh so close to these beautiful creatures!
Only 4 days next week and a teacher workday on Friday for report cards:) Then off for spring break for a week. Life is good!