Week Three: June 25 - June 29

It's our third week of summer school, and things are moving right along in the Reading and Writing Workshop!

Reading

We finally started our book clubs this week. The students had a choice of the following books: Ralph S. Mouse, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, and The Phantom Tollbooth. We set the following goals for our book clubs: read together, cooperate and learn together, help each other understand the book, share opinions about the book, and have good discussions or conversations about the book.

This week we continued to talk about the reading strategy of making predictions. Along with making predictions, we are learning how to use our inference skills to “read between the lines” to determine what the author is trying to tell us.

Writing

We have been working hard on our newspaper articles. The students are anxious to see their work published. In the coming days, we will learn about writing strong conclusions and explore the genre of “how-to writing.”

We hope you enjoy the Summer School Pueo!

Reading with our kindergarten buddies!

Interviewing a Jump Start Kindergarten teacher and her assistant

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