Summer School Writing

Last week we started reading True Dog Stories.  We would read a chapter a day.  Then during center rotations, my students started writing their own true animal stories.  They wrote some every day.  We edited them and published them today.  The students were also very excited to make their animals to go with their books.  I was very proud of their hard work!

I know it's been awhile since I've been on here.  Wanted to catch you up on all the cool things my kids have been doing with the S.O.L. Train songs.

(Top) We learned "Spend a Little, Save a Little," and one of my kids used the exact words from the song for his piggy bank project.  I think the song really helped him understand the concept of saving money.








(Bottom) One of the students understood the concept of chores from the song and wrote a word problem.                                                                            I am so proud!

After we learned the" Community Helper" song, we made a big book.  Here are a few samples.

"Quality Students"  was one of my students' favorite songs this year.  We had fun doing the motions as we danced to the song.  My students learned all about what quality meant and they learned to spell it.  One of the students asked if we could make a book about quality students, so we did!  I was excited to see one of my ESOL students use words from the song when he did his page(top left)  He was always saying "Quality Students do it right!"

Quality Quentin

So excited to debut our quality mascot THIS SUMMER.  Join us at Empire every other Friday morning.  We'd love to meet you and see how you like the show!

S.O.L. Train THIS SATURDAY, January 19!!

Hello everyone!  We are so excited to announce a S.O.L. Train performance at School Crossing in Williamsburg, VA.  We will be there THIS SATURDAY, January 19, from 1-3p.  Come meet Conductor Brii and have a chance to win some cool prizes!!

Happy New Year!! We sang the song "Quality Students" to remind us how we should behave. It was exciting to see how the students remembered the song and motions to the song! The students recited what a quality student does during our class meeting.