October+8-12

Monday: County-Wide In-Service Day -- @ Foster -charge video camera batteries

Tuesday: 1st Grade: Book talks Students will be able to choose books on their reading level (explore Easy FIC section). Students will write to a storybook character and draw a picture on their "laptop." -literature circles eventually?
 * Get construction paper-print keyboard
 * Brad and Mona visit--8:30
 * Professional meeting-3:45 at Hoover
 * NB class 5:00

Wednesday: Non-Check-out day Kindergarten: Students will predict events while reading Knuffle Bunny Too. Students will compare/contrast Knuffle Bunny One and Two using a venn diagram on the Smart Board.
 * Meet with Nancy Junker--7:15 at Mellon
 * Drop anthology off to Jerome

Thursday: 3rd Grade: Students will discuss the importance of "tagging" information and folksonomies. Students will tag books by adding titles to the category headings. Students will define wiki and edit. (Watch wikis in plain english?--next week?)

2nd Grade: Students will define and discuss The Caldecott medal and books that earned that award. (Flotsam, The Hello-Good-Bye Window, The Big Snow, The Little Bear) -Read Mercy Watson

Friday: (Bring breakfast) Power Point lessons with third grade. -kkeane visit-pm -Ron Davis session--1:15