ask me about wednesday, march 6, 2024

Today we read Before She Was Harriet, by Lesa Cline-Ransome once again.  The children listened to remember one important event and the name Harriet was called then.  They also listened to this quote, "Every great dream begins with a dreamer.  Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."  This is a quote from Harriet Tubman and we used it to think about what we could do, no matter how small, to change the world.  I shared ideas with the students and they wrote their dream of how they could make life better for others in some way, big or small.  I will send these papers home tomorrow so the children can tell you all about Harriet as well as their dream. 
Later in the day, we continued with that theme with our read aloud book before recess.  We read Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed, by Emily Pearson.  This story starts with Mary picking blueberries and leaving them on the porch of her neighbor.  Ask me to tell you what happens next.
In Really Great Reading, we worked with long vowels.  Right now they are learning to listen for the long vowels, but not spell them.  Because there are so many ways the long vowels are spelled, we are stretching a bit into looking at how to spell words with a long vowel with a silent e at the end of the word.  We have also talked about how two ee's together make the long e sound.  

Have a nice evening!
​Miss Wolfe