The Reading Detectives

The Reading Detectives...Ready for Action!

The students (aka. reading detectives) have earned their badges and are working diligently to uncover the clues in their book club books.  Warning...they suspect everyone, even ME! Both books are exciting and have a lot of clues and suspects.  Ask your child to tell you about their book club book.  If they tell you they can't talk about their case, tell them Chief Horst said it was OK.     

 

Detective Boot Camp!

We have had a great first week of Detective Boot Camp in our literacy class. The students have been working hard in order to earn their reading detective badge. To earn their badge, the students have been going through an intense bootcamp where they are learning how to identify the crime solver(s), the client, and what is the mystery. We have been analyzing clues on several practice cases and learning how a clue must be a fact and not an opinion. We have stressed that all the characters need to be examined before the case is closed. The students have all taken a very important oath not to look at the end of their mystery stories to try and find the answers! Take a look at the following pictures of the detectives in training working in groups or with a partner to examine clues...

Detectives Darrell and Moore in training

Detectives Glenn, Hayes and Kness in Training

Detectives Taylor and Schneider in Training

Detectives Seunarine and Lopez in training

The Big Day...State Report Presentations

WOW! I was blown away by the amazing work everyone did today. I hope you enjoyed learning a little more about each state.

Practicing for State Report Presentation

The presentation boards came in this week and boy are they phenomenal!  Check them out... 


Alabama by Owen (and his captive audience of all girls)



West Virginia by Ryan

New Mexico by Tate

Missouri by Aidan

Minnesota by Ella

Kentucky by Hadley

Texas by Megan

Nebraska by Baylor

Washington by Reagan

We Love to Read

There is nothing more rewarding than having a group of students that love to read! Today we finished our lesson early so the students got to visit their book bins and read their "just right" books. I hope everyone has a wonderful spring break!

State Reports...Almost Finished!

The students have worked so hard on their state reports and just finished researching popular tourist attractions in their state . On Friday, they began writing an acrostic poem for their state . Take a look at the diligent workers!

Biography Book Reports

The students in Mrs. Horst's literacy class have worked hard researching a famous person and creating a puppet of their person for their biography book report.  Take a look at the pictures.  Amazing work!