This week we learned about the sound of sh! Together we brainstormed a collection of words that begin and end with sh. The students filled up a turtle shell with these words. I read the story Moving Day to the class. This is an adorable story about a hermit crab who searches the ocean floor for the perfect new home. After reading the story the students drew a picture of the story character and setting on a shell. To complete our study of sh each student received a shell to take home. We hope they told you all about it! We read one of my favorite books because of the great lesson it teaches: Stand in My Shoes. (Yes, we selected this book because of the sh is shoes)! This is a wonderful book about a little girl,Emily, who learns what empathy means and spends a day finding ways to show empathy to the people she comes in contact with: her dad, friends at school, her teachers, her sister, and her mom. At the end of the story, she explains that "When I care enough to notice how others feel, something changes inside of me." We used the asking questions and predicting comprehension strategies before and during reading. After reading, students completed a story map to show the characters, setting, and theme of the story. To tie this lesson into writing, students had two different writing prompts. For the first one, they had to think of three places they have been literally in their shoes. We reviewed nouns as places in order to make our list. Then I taught students how to use commas when writing with a series of 3 or more. Each student wrote a sentence with three of their favorite places they have been and used commas. For the second assignment, the students had to look for an opportunity where they could show empathy by tomorrow's writing lesson. When we started the writing lesson on Friday, I was so touched at how many were bursting with excitement to share their stories of how they showed empathy to someone. They really understood the message! So, students wrote about their experience. We will share these with each other this week.
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