I-PICK | Selecting "Good Fit" Books

Part of our Daily 5 (reading workshop) program is learning how to select "good fit" books. I-PICK is the acronym we use to help us remember how to choose a book that is just right for us.

I choose a book
Purpose - Why am I reading the book?
Interest - Does it interest me?
Comprehend - Do I understand what I'm reading?
Know - Do I know most of the words?

This is a video that we recorded of a song to help us remember how to choose "good fit" books (inspired by Mrs. Saccoccio's blog). Sorry for the focusing problems. At any rate, the video is great entertainment!



And finally, a fun video still of the class!

Creation Week Review

We are wrapping up our unit on Creation Week. Today each student orally recited in front of their peers what God created on each day. Here is some video footage of the kids. Enjoy!







On a side note, we've been practicing our public speaking skills as well as our listening skills. These are things that we will be working hard on all year long.

Photos from our First Field Trip!

We had a fabulous time at the local public library last week. Miss Tiffany and Miss Alice were wonderful hosts. They not only showed us all the wonderful children's books available for us to borrow, they even took us behind the scenes through the "secret" doors and passages of the library. We were even allowed to go into the circulation office and watch books being returned through the book drops! Before we headed back to school, Miss Alice read us a hilarious story about a book-eating boy as well a book about a girl imagining herself as a librarian. We can't wait until our next field trip!

Here are some pictures we took with some books we saw at the library that are on our "To Read" booklist!