Wow, this week has gone fast. The students settled right back into the routine this week after the vacation. It was great to see how easily they jumped right back into the schedule!
This week we celebrated the Birthday of Dr. Seuss on Wednesday. We started the morning off with Green Eggs and Ham in our Kiva. Later in the day we were able to enjoy stories about Dr. Seuss as well as how he got his fabulous pen name! The student had fun engaging in making door holders to take home. To top it all off, we did this in our pajamas!
In Number Corner, we have started new calendar for the month of March. The students are looking and learning the names of 3-dimensional shapes. As the pattern grows, it is great to listen to the discoveries being made. We are continuing with creating number sentences for our number of days in school. We are now at 109! The students number sense is building and they are creating some really advanced addition and subtraction equations.
In Fundations, we started a new unit. This unit will be working on glued sounds like an and am. I have sent a letter home in the Friday Folders about this unit. It should last about two weeks. The letter is supplied by Fundations. It goes into good detail of explaining so that you have an understanding of what they are working on! If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.
Readers' Workshop has gone off to a great start this week. We are starting to look at Non-fiction books. The children are learning about how to read non-fiction texts. We spent some time this week exploring non-fiction books with partners. We also learned about the Table of Contents and the Index and were able to come up with an explanation of how to use them!
This week in Math the students took time to show what they have learned about penguins and Antarctica through writing a letter home. The students really took their time and were able to share some of the interesting facts they have learned through these letters. I sent them home in your child's Friday Folder. I hope you enjoy reading them. Our other focus for Math has been skip counting by 2's. The students created two of their own penguins this week. We made this into a big chart and were able to look at strategies for counting by 2's. The students had some really interesting discoveries!
For Writers' Workshop, the children continue to write Small Moment Stories. The students learned about ordered language (first, next, then, finally) this week and how to use it in their writing. I'm learning so much about the students through their writing!
Hope you have a fantastic Weekend!
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