Bat fun!

Happy (almost) Friday! Last week we learned a ton about bats (until hurricane Matthew interrupted!).  Our focus story was Stellaluna. After our first read we discussed how Stellaluna felt throughout the book. The students had to provide evidence from the text to help us know why she felt the way she did. 

In small groups the students worked on "strong verbs" they found all throughout the book. They had to go on a verb hunt in the book. Also in small groups we worked on writing the sequence of events from Stellaluna. 

We also read several nonfiction bat books. We did a directed drawing on Monday and then they had to write a paragraph about their favorite bat facts. Again, I reinforced using an intro sentence, correct capitalization and punctuation, and writing strong sentences with at least 7 words. 

We managed to squeeze in the -er, -ir, -ur spelling test on Monday and then begin long -a this week! Can't wait to share with you about our spider week!