To make our thinking while reading visible (because Mrs. Anderson can't crawl inside our heads to see what we are thinking) we are making small notes on the side (SNOTS) with our green pens. Children are highlighting words they don't know, putting question marks where they have a question, using the infinity symbol when making a connection and an exclamation mark where there is a WOW moment. Today we were reading about the life cycle of a mouse. We made SNOTS on the sides and discussed with a partner what we were thinking. The main character in our novel study is a mouse and so now we know that the things the little mouse is doing is defiantly not mouse-like.
So far in our novel study we have made predictions, asked questions and collected important information about the main character. We found out today that the main character who is a mouse, can read! How exciting to be able to read all the books they have in a castle! As we go along in our novel study we will be incorporating some science research as well as discussing the elements of good story.
Little engineers were asked today to start collecting recyclables at home for a building project. Things like toilet paper rolls, boxes, will be useful when it comes time for us to build. Thanks for your help.
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