Last week I introduced research reports. We are researching dinosaurs. A little thrill of anticipation went through me as I wrote my objective for the week. Just the thought of my kids' excitement, and how much they will learn gave me a nerdy little chill. I have lots of great books from my years in second grade (there was a running joke during my master's classes about my love of dinosaurs) and the kids have been dying to dig into them.
This will be their first real experience doing research reports. I've done them before with third graders and you might think, research reports? Boring! The funny thing is 8 and 9 year olds can get on board with just about anything. We started on Monday, and they were so into it! I am excited to see how they turn out.
Meanwhile, I had to be out a day last week and I left a fun Super Bowl writing and craftivity for my kids to start with the substitute. I got this for free on teacherspayteachers.com. Did I mention I LOVE FREEBIES! I'm pretty sure my kindergarten husband and my teaching partners find my love and sharing of freebies a bit obnoxious, but I love them! Of course all the kids (from Indiana, Colts fans, and still bitter about "Deflate-gate") were hoping to see the Patriots lose (see Tom Brady crying below). Poor kiddos!
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