Sigh, it's mid January and past my most un-favorite time of the year. I go to work in the dark and I come home in the dark. But not today. My younger son Sam started back to school today and we ride share. This semester it will be four days a week. So I will have to leave my building as soon as I can to get him home and to work by 5 pm.
January also means lots of days that are off, rescheduled and early closings. Trying to keep consistent and do instruction is hard. We have done several Black -Eyed Susan nominees, for picture books. I do these all grade levels except kindergarten. This week is really strange and I sensed we need a break so we are playing Dewey games. Practice and review but also the way I vamp until the normal schedule is resumed, this year in February.
The Dewey game I found on line can be adapted for 2-5. I added the OPAC for a third grade today and then we compared which way was more efficient for the students. Conclusion it was 50/50 using the laptop to find the information (type in a subject heading) or going straight to the shelves, locate a book with the selected Dewey number and then recording author title and publication date. Very interesting. First grade will play Sort Dewey by topics, we'll see what they remember from October. they only go from 500-800, I cover the rest of the sections in second grade. Oh oh oh, hot idea - have them select another subject heading for each section as an extension. Students pick symbol to add to game. I have been thinking of trying with the Kindergarten too. Hmmm
Autism students are going to start Chessie Book Club in February. We'll need a peer buddy and a TA to do this, but I am hopeful. Will recruit this week in fourth and fifth grade.
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