Monday, December 2, 2013

Don't Be an Interrupting Chicken!

This week I started the Caldecott Unit for second grade.  I first introduced a powerpoint to introduce the history of the award and then shared one of my favorite crowd pleasers,

Don't Be an Interrupting Chicken!




Skim and Scan!

This week I introduced students to the concepts of skimming and scanning.  Our students have been hard war work this year becoming close readers, and now they are going to practice these other reading skills for different purposes. Here is the link to the lesson plan.