IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

Welcome back families! I hope you all had a wonderful Fall Break! It was great to see all the kids this morning!

We had a a great first day back from vacation, full of normal workshops, some new experiences and materials in the classroom, and our weekly library visit.

Our morning started with community circle, where we all shared in the excitement of hearing about visits with cousins, camping trips, visits to aquariums, and fall fun!

We began partner reading during readers workshop today. Each student was partnered with a friend in the class who they will be reading with during readers workshop from now on. We will be learning the procedures for partner reading all week, but the preview is that, during partner reading, students start out sitting back to back with their reading partner. During this time, students are expected to be reading their own books, independently, not talking with their partner. After a given amount of time, I will sound the rains stick and students will be able to move so that they are sitting next to or facing their partner. At this time, students will be able to read their books to each other, read their books together, or have a book discussion. The students enjoyed reading with their friends today, and I’m excited to see what other benefits arise from this new experience.

Other new and exciting things in our day were:

-new natural materials to tell stories with during story workshop

-new, soft clay

-autumn scented potpourri

-new books in the classroom library

-new “beautiful materials” in the studio

-new colored glass stones at the light pad

It was a great day full of “news,” and I’m looking forward to the rest of the week!

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