Writing About Reading, Matilda, and Reading Groups

Oh Harriet!  What a fun character she is!  Kids did a great job writing about her.  The illustrations are FANTASTIC!

We read a LOT.  We also write a LOT too.  We spend a fair amount of time creating anchor charts.  These charts are really fun to make together and we continue to use them for weeks afterward.  

Kids got a new label for their Reader's Notebooks.  They LOVE writing about their books!  Such great work.

We continue to write about Matilda.  Such fun to talk about the characters in this story!  The Trunchbull  is a horrific women and she's beastly.  That makes for great reading.  :)  

We have been busy.  Your kids have done an amazing job keeping up with their reading groups while I assess everyone.  They are AMAZING.  They stay focused, are on topic, give great assignments, and take it very seriously.  It’s so fabulous.  We also spent time this week discussing and practicing how to write about what we are reading.  Again, they have such great ideas and contributions to make to our conversations.  I LOVE hearing their conversations and listening to their thoughts about the books we are reading.  Reading groups have studied their characters – take these amazing hamsters for example.  Harriet the Hamster is hilarious.  We giggle a lot when reading this book together.  Who am I kidding?  We giggle in ALL of our reading groups.  J  Reading with your kids makes me so happy.  They have such wonderful things to say and I love how excited they always are.