January 18, 2016

During Daily 5, all students have been focusing on the comprehension strategy - retelling.  Students have a visual on the board and also in their Daily 5 bags to help with this.  The Retelling Rope prompts them to verbally retell the: setting, characters, problem, beginning, middle, end and the resolution.  If you'd like, there is a copy of the image below that you can print and use at home during your home reading sessions.  The parent pipeline also came home describing this strategy. 

You may remember that in November, we created postcards for veterans and mailed them to various Veteran's Lodges across the province.  We were fortunate to receive two responses back!  A letter from the Kipness Center arrived last week and it is amazing!  In the letter, 5 veterans wrote back with personal stories of their lives and time in service.  Today we read about Lynn, a Plotter from England, and Tom, a Pilot.