October-November 2018
Career Day; School Lunch Week Dress-Up Days; Co-authors writing a nonfiction book; Mystery in the City--cityscapes from art class with Mrs. Grant; Gallery Walk--students reading classmates' published nonfiction books and giving feedback; phonics practice with letter tiles; Go Noodle brain break; Red Ribbon Week; chromebook work on Flip Grid where students videotaped themselves teaching about mysteries--vocabulary, story maps, favorite mystery books they read; Mystery Unit celebration--watching a Scooby Doo and filling out a mystery story map; students "teaching" what they learned from their nonfiction buddy books; Dr. Dace leading a phonics lesson; students working on nonfiction--learning to do "box and bullets" (main ideas/supporting details) to prepare to summarize; students writing nonfiction chapter books; Book Character Day and fall party; peer review--students conferring with each other before publishing final copy of their nonfiction chapter books.