"It's Monday!...What Are You Reading?"

It was a great first Monday in school!  Now I can finally share books that we are reading in our classroom!  Today, we started to discuss our signposts that we will Notice and Note throughout the school year on our post-it think notes!  We started by noticing when a character acts in a way that Contrasts and Contradicts what we would expect.  We then answered the question: why is the character acting this way?   Characters often act in an unusual way, hinting towards what the plot or conflict in the story will be.  We will continue to discuss this signpost throughout the week, using our mentor text,  Wolf! by Becky Bloom.  We will continue to practice this strategy tomorrow in our very first Book Club session, then practice the strategy even more at independent reading time!  I look forward to it!  In honor of our meme, It's Monday!  What Are You Reading!  my girls and I visited the Newington Lucy Robbins Welles library after school!    

Brooklyn finds a good book!

Cami explores a tunnel!