Your children were the perfect audience for our guest author, Gordon Korman. He was engaging and told wonderful stories about how he gets his inspiration for his books. When we came back to the room the children were all buzzing about the presentation.
We had a bit of time to do our brainwork and I discussed the game project. The children then were able to search for books no their chosen topic from my classroom library. A couple of children also checked out Gordan Korman books. Yea!!
Game Project - Each student has chosen a topic to begin researching. I asked that they read the books they checked out from me or they could go to the U City Library to get a book on their topic. They will also be able to check out research books from the Flynn Park Library beyond their normal free choice books. This week is just about research. Each student needs 15 - 20 different items for their game that they will use as the "streets" of Monopoly. For example: If the topic is cats, then your child should make a list of 15 - 20 different cats. Then they can locate one to two facts about that particular cat that will go on the cards they make to go with the game. Next week we'll begin making the game board and cards.
Brainwork - Can you name words that begin with x, or ex? How about things that play? These are the kind of questions I ask the students to think about when they first come in the classroom. They also tried to make words with the letters: L, M, R, I, E, E, P - Can you find a six letter word in these letters?
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