WE ARE READERS!!! We've finished our first Unit of Reader's Workshop this week! In this unit we focused a lot on learning ways to "read" a nonfiction ("learn-about-the-world") story, as well as reading storybooks. We learned about how we don't always have to read words, but can read by retelling a story we know so well, or reading the pictures to tell what information a book is teaching us. To celebrate the amazing reading the kindergarteners have done, we had a huge parade in the school! All students and staff of MES lined the hallways of Montgomery and the kindergartners paraded down the halls. Each student held their "trophy" from our reading unit. Our trophies were our books that we worked so hard to read and were our favorites that we think we can read the best! Each student had a ribbon to fancy up their trophy, and we paraded to the song "Celebrate Good Times" down the halls as students from grades preschool-8 cheered us on. They made posters for the kindergartners, celebrating how hard they worked. They had noise-makers to make if feel like a parade. And they clapped and cheered. It was the greatest feeling! Such a great thing to watch, as all the kids were so proud of what they had done! Afterwards, we even went into the middle school classrooms, the preschool classroom, and the second grade room and showed them how we could read our books to them. Kids took turns reading to bigger and younger kids, and showing how hard they had worked! **Above are some of the pictures of us parading and reading to others. Videos may be uploaded shortly.
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