Ms. Faircloth

Entry Task: Review your quick write from yesterday. Add any details that you think of today. We went to the library for orientation. Then, we discussed what your "rights" are as a reader. We made a list of those for our Thinking Notebooks (which we will set up next week - remember you will want two composition notebooks on Tuesday!)

Entry Task  - students wrote on a piece of scratch paper: "What makes someone 'successful'?" Then we did a Gallery Walk - with students adding their thoughts about how these things help someone succeed: attitude flexibility openmindedness/willing to learn new things integrity teamwork being prepared work ethic effort body language positive energy After the gallery walk, students did a quick write:  "Choose one of the characteristics and write about how you will bring that characteristic to our classroom community this year."

Welcome back to school! Students recorded how many books they read this summer. Then we discussed what students are excited/nervous about for this year by commenting on the "parking lot" posters in the classroom.