Under Construction

Having a hard time identifying with an audience on this blog, I've decided to go Google sites! More geared towards students, I'm sad to say that this blog may be a bit neglected again. Time will tell...

Until then, Happy Teaching!!!!

Ms. LoCurto

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We're writing about our reading!

We've been jotting down a "blurb" everyday as a part of reader's workshop. Today the class generated a few sentence starters for an easier transition from reading to writing, and to help if they are stuck. Here is the list they came up with...

• I made a connection to the book when...
• I do (or do not) recommend this book because...
• I liked the book because...
• My favorite part of the book was when___________because...
• The book I read was interesting because... 

The blurbs are getting stronger as I model stronger reflections from our read alouds.

Building Stamina is up to 18 minutes this week! Happy Monday and let's build up that STAMINA!

Learning how to implement Google Apps in our classrooms! Raffles American School teachers are excited and ready to run with the new knowledge.

6+1 Writing Traits

Making Connections

Today we talked about the importance of making connections. Here is the poster we created to help jog our memory when we're engaged in our books...

We read Wimberly Worried by Kevin Henkes to support making connections. 

For word study, we decided to create a list of adjectives to add to our writing. Now we have the word wall as a resource during writing to spice up our writing. We took the words that went up yesterday and came up with a synonym for each word. 

Selamat Hari Raya

Our first back to school weekend happens to be a four day weekend celebrating Hari Raya! Selamat Hari Raya!

The first week of school was a success! Chrysanthemum meets Where the Wild Things Are and hopefully my students are now excited for the rest of the school year. Classroom routines and rules are established and we are ready to learn! Check out our RAS newsletter for the second week. "Let the Wild Rumpus Start!"

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