I thought before I get totally in summer mode, I would share a couple of things we worked on at the very end of the year. I decided to create new response forms for both fiction and nonfiction. I tried it out with my kiddos at the end of the year, and they really liked the new format. You'll notice the spot for a fluency check. I like to have my students time each other as quick fluency checks on their library books. I also do fluency spot checks to make sure they are checking out "just right" books. I keep it simple, they time each other for a min. and write down their fluency. You can get the Book Bonanza in my TPT store by clicking HERE.

I also created a mini literacy unit to go along with the Big Al by Andrew Clements. I absolutely love this book and thought it would be fun unit for the beginning of the year. It has a heart warming message about friendship, so it would actually work well any time during the school year. I had a smaller group of second graders at the very end of the year for our extended year program, and we had a great time with Big Al. Here are a few pics of their work.
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You can get all the activities above by heading over to my TPT store. Of course, I had to end with a FREEBIE. So, this is a little activity to use along with all those extra Scholastic flyers you might have lying around. I like to use it in a balanced literacy station. Click on the image below to grab your freebie.
Can't get the free Scholastic page to come up.
ReplyDeleteSorry about that! Not sure what happened, but it should be working now. Thanks for letting me know.
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