Red Clover Reading

The students have had a busy week! To start, Mrs. Eaton and Marcus came to visit the classroom this week. The students were so excited and came up with lots of questions to ask Mrs. Eaton about being a mom! They were able to share with her some of what they have been working on while she has been away.

The class also voted for the Red Clover Book Award. I was lucky enough to get to read two of the books to the class. The students really enjoyed hearing both Redwoods and Moonshot. Red Clover books are selected by a committee for quality literature. Then the books are read to the students by different adults and we vote on our favorite. This award is statewide; all the votes are combined and one book is awarded years best picture book.

In Readers' Workshop the students are continuing to explore poetry. They are really enjoying being able to read poems they find with partners. They also are enjoying being able to add illustrations to poetry based on the mental image they develop while listening.

In Math, the students were introduced to solid figures this week. The children explored and learned the names of numerous three dimensional shapes. The students used polydrons to help them build both a cube and a pyramid. Students are still building their understanding of what is the difference between a solid figure and a 1 or 2 dimensional shape. To help with that we learned some new math vocabulary; faces, vertex or vertecies, and edges. In Number Corner, we are continuing our work on shapes and also just starting to discuss congruent shapes (same shape/same size) as well as similar shapes (same shape/different size).

Ms. Steins' class and ours has been continuing to learn about community. The students focused this week on places in the community that are important. They also worked really hard to write about their community members using their best penmanship. It was great to see how excited they got when they took their time and saw the end result. Next week, we will conclude this part of our Community Unit by talking about how community helpers work together and making a large community quilt of our discoveries!

Hope you all enjoy this beautiful weekend! I can't wait to get outside and enjoy the sun!