IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

Today as the children walked in many noticed a big map of the United States on our wall. This facilitated some great conversations between the children. Some friends noticed that there was a paper sun cut out and taped onto a popsicle stick and located to the right of the map. During free choice, friends added that we needed other weather so friends got to work making clouds, rain, wind, lightning, and fog! I am excited to see where the children go with this idea of maps and weather!

During Readers Workshop and Story Workshop we began a discussion about beginning, middle, and end of stories. During Story Workshop we talked about how people have a top, middle, and bottom (which equates to beginning, middle, and end) so a few friends drew a top, middle, and bottom of a person and then we fit them together like a puzzle. It was a great demonstration to show beginning, middle, and end which will help them with comprehension as well as creating stories with beginning, middle, and end.

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