IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

Today we accomplished so many things I thought it would be helpful to hear a little bit about each part of our day!

Morning Meeting:Before Morning Meeting we were very excited to notice that it was snowing! All of the students took a look out the window to watch the snow. During our meeting Daysia shared a book with us about responsibility.  We started discussing what it means to be responsible last week and we are continuing to explore what it means to be responsible in our classroom and school community.  Daysia’s book sparked great conversations of ways that everyone can show that they are responsible.

Reader’s Workshop:  We have been working on comparing and contrasting different texts.  Today we started to read a western version of Cinderella called “Cindy Ellen.”  The students enjoyed finding the similarities and differences between this book and the traditional Cinderella.

Word Study: Our small groups are off and running! It’s exciting to see the kids engaged in all sorts of activities including sorts, games, and making words.  I have also been able to meet with small groups during this time and start targeting specific needs.

Story Workshop: We have been reading books by the six authors that are a part of our author’s study for the past few weeks.  (Eric Carle, Arnold Lobel, Robert McCloskey, Margaret Wise Brown, H.A. Rey, and Beatrix Potter) Today the students had time to explore many of their books on their own.  In the next few days the students will be divided up into groups for each author and we will look specifically at that author’s craft.  This will lead to the students creating a piece inspired by their author as well as a study of editing, revision, and publishing!

Math Workshop: We are continuing to explore place value by building numbers with base ten blocks and breaking numbers apart.

Science Project:  We worked together last week and analyzed our data from the museum.  The students solved the mystery of the leak and decided that we need to write letters to the Children’s Museum to let them know.  More to come on how we wrap up our Children’s Museum trip soon!

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