Story Patch App on the iPads

This week in reading our comprehension skill focused on sequencing plot.  We worked on summarizing the main events from the beginning, middle, and end of the story, including the problem and solution.  By the end of the week, students were able to sequence stories on their own, and did so using the Story Patch app on the iPads.  After reading a short story, students sequenced the plot by entering their own text on the pages of their Story Patch creation, and then illustrated.  This was a fun way to demonstrate our comprehension!

Dominoes

One fun way to demonstrate understanding of vocabulary words: a domino matching game!

Comprehension Trifold

Students worked in partners to read our story this week, "The Great Ball Game," and discuss and answer a variety of comprehension questions requiring them to understand the plot, draw conclusions, and summarize. 

Vocabulary on the Whiteboards

Students demonstrated their understanding of vocabulary words by responding to questions on their white boards.  As opposed to raising hands, which only allows me to find out if one particular student knows the correct answer for any given question, use of the white boards provides every student a chance to respond and allows for whole class assessment.  Plus, they're fun to use!

 

Paws for Reading

We completed our two-week Scholastic Reading Challenge - "Paws for Reading"!  Students selected a team - either Cats or Dogs, and for every 20 minutes of books each student read and entered online, a book was donated to charity for children in need. 

Both teams read as much as they could!  The Dogs had more participants, and they finished ahead with 2,702 total minutes read and 135 books donated.  The Cats were not far behind.  They read a total of 1,890 minutes and 94 books were donated as a result of their efforts.  Way to go, Dogs and Cats!