Growth Mindset

We are all about learning and growing.  We are all about being proud of what we accomplish.  And we are all about telling others!

So proud of this young lady who struggled to come up with writing ideas and then she had to tell me about her time in writing workshop.  I staged her conversation later with me because it's hard to capture conversations when they happen out of the blue.

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It's Monday...

There is a blogger author who began a group that shares what they read on Mondays.  We thought we'd join in.

Here's our first go at it!

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Our Jobs

One of our jobs is the photographer...we're working on documenting our day.

Unfortunately, we have a little bit of work to do...

We're good listeners!!!

Check out our amazing listening skills!

Helping out others...

 We took our computer tests last week to help identify our strengths and weaknesses as writers, mathematicians, and readers.  To help out the other class, we invited them into the room while we waited for everyone to finish.  

Thankfully, we had a helper show up who was able to learn how to play Bang!

Coincidences!

Today, we tried our first time reading with buddies in our room.  One group discovered something cool...

Notice his shirt and the book???

It's a New Year!

We're back!  

Today, we shared a story with partners about one time where we got hurt.  As each group shared, I put a bandage on each child's wrist.  A few students noticed right away that the bandage wasn't where it needed to be.  

That's the lesson!  Students need differentiation!  Not every student needed the bandage on their wrist, but perhaps on their knee, leg, or elbow.  

Some students need math shown a different way or they need a special place to sit or they need a post-it to help them remember something.  And is it okay?  YES!

This bandage lesson always helps the kids understand students need differentiation and that's okay!