IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

Few things make me as happy as seeing children develop new frienships and caring for each other at the start of the year. That was definitely happening at school today!

Our morning started with a delightful morning choices time.

Faith, Chloe, and Celisha read a story together during morning choices.

 In the puzzle space of the classroom, students played with rhyming words during morning choice time. One student used the alphabet puzzle pieces to make the words “log.” Another student saw this and declared, “If you change the ‘L’ to a ‘D’ it will say ‘Dog’!” Together, the two made the change. Once the rhyming began, it didn’t stop. They made the word “frog” together and then began making up their own rhyming words like “wog.” I’m sure there will be much more rhyming and words manipulation in the future.

Another exciting part of our day was getting our new reading bags. On Monday and Tuesday, we practiced readers workshop procedures and decided what a good reader looks and acts like. Because everyone did such a nice job with this the past two days, we all recieved our very own reading bags today. Each bag was filled with three special books for the students to look at during independent reading time. In the future, students’ bags will be filled with books selected for their specific reading needs. Some of the books will be chosen based on the child’s reading level. Other books will be chosen based on the child’s interests. Those books will be changed on a weekly/biweekly basis. For today, the three books in the students’ bags were both exciting and engaging!

Tyrese reads his Toy Story book

DayTwon find a cozy spot under the table to read his “I Spy” book.

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