It seems as if November is just about over and we have been busy reading, writing and reading some more! All of my groups have been working extremely hard and are very excited to have one week off from school. I look forward to meeting many of you at conferences next week. I will be at most to all conferences on Monday, November 23rd and Tuesday, November 24th. Here is an overview of some of the activities and books we have been engaging in.
* Donato/DeMay (Group 1) We finished reading and writing about the book Molly's in a Mess. We are also in the process of finishing our writing pieces titled "I am Thankful". They turned out GREAT!
* Donato/DeMay (Group 2) We continue to work on Level J books to improve our oral reading and writing skills. We have read Pack 109, Mr. Putter and Tabby and Bears Bargain in the past 2 weeks.
* Mrs. McCullouch/Mrs. Diabo ~ We are in the middle of the book Rescue on Bald Mountain from the Adirondack Kid series. The girls are really enjoying it and learning all sorts of information about areas that are close to us geographically.
* Mrs. Lamon ~ We just finished reading The Courage of Sarah Noble. This book gave us plenty of opportunities to write. At the end of the book the students pretended that they were Sarah and they wrote amazing letters to a friend back home, telling them about their journey to
their new home. I was very proud of their final products!
* Miss Aubertine & Mr. Riddoch ~ We are in the final stages of our unit on lighthouses. We are currently reading the book The Light at Tern Rock. We hope to finish this book the week after Thanksgiving vacation and then move back into some ELA prep.
* Mrs. Dermady ~ Right now we are in the middle of the book The Lemonade War. We are a little behind because out of the two students in this group, one of them was absent for almost 2 weeks. Both students are back and healthy so we are cruising through the book now!
* Mrs. Peterson ~ We have been very busy! We finished the book Song Lee and the Hamster Hunt, completed a writing task about our favorite pet, wrote a piece on what we are thankful for and finally we are almost done with the book titled A Thanksgiving Story.
* Mr. Folsom & Mr. Filiatrault ~ We have added some new friends to our group for the months of November and December as we read the book Fig Pudding. We are about halfway through the book and enjoying every minute of it.
