In Reading Workshop, we've been talking about how grade three readers build a powerful reading life, read as if books are gold, and read tons of within-reach books. Students have been working on thinking deeply about our books, and we've started talking about some meta-cognitive strategies such as making connections to help us develop our reading comprehension abilities.
Our Writing Workshop this year is starting with a focus on personal narrative writing. Our class has been hard at work examining examples of excellent grade three writing, learning about strategies to help us find writing ideas, and writing up a storm. It's a big job getting back into the swing of writing after the summer, but students are starting to get into more of a groove getting their ideas onto paper and having stamina during writing time. The class loved getting to hear their peers' writing during our sharing time!