{Interest Groups}

The Firsties spent some time this week reading and researching with friends that share the same interests as them! We had a Sports, Wild Cats, Rainforest, and Pokemon Group! Check out their finished products:

The Sports Group

William, Ky're, Grady, and Pressly

The Wild Cats Group

Jordan and Benjamin

The Magic Tree House Group

Steven, Addison, Dallas, and Madison

The Pokemon Group invented their own characters and created a new version of the game!

Ansley, Marcus, and Wesley's commercial.

They want you to "Help Save the Rainforest!"

"Don't Let the Pigeon Go Around the World!"
Movie by Avery, Kimberly, Madyson, and John Casey

{Pets Rock!}

Man, did we have a fun week learning about pets and animal needs! We read so many fun books and made our own Animal Need Flip Book. We also learned about the features of nonfiction texts and made our own class book on pets. We incorporated persuasive writing this week by writing letters to our parents to convince them to buy us a pet. We modeled our writing after the book I Wanna Iguana. 

Our favorite part of the week was our Pet Rock Project!

The students completed Planning Pages that looked like this:

They made their pet rocks at home:

And then, they wrote persuasive pieces to convince me that their pet rock should win "Best in Show!":

Of course, they were so great I couldn't pick just one winner! All Pet Rocks received a special award!