Hope everyone enjoyed curriculum night. It was great to see everyone! If you were not able to attend and you did not receive a packet of papers, let me know. Hopefully it was informative and well worth your evening! :)
Important Message!
Please do not send your child to school if they are not fever/vomit free for 24 hours! I know this is very tough when you are working but this is a school policy that helps keep our children and teachers healthy. Even if you think they may not be sick anymore, they need to stay home just incase! This is crucial as we enter the “sick months.” We do not want to spread germs! We would rather them miss an extra day of school than possibly spread anything in the classroom.
Thematic Centers:
This week we are reading Little Red Riding Hood and learning about all the different versions that exist. We are also learning about wolves. There will be 3 centers for this fairytale. A nonfiction book about wolves, a graph (which will continue into next week) and a torn paper plate wold (which addresses fine motor skills, direction following, cutting and interacting with multiple art supplies). This classic story has also shared the same story elements as our other fairytales. You can discuss these with your child and look for them in other stories you read. We have seen: "once upon a time" beginnings, "happily ever after" endings, hero vs. villain, beginning/middle/end, sometimes a moral etc. These are great conversation starters to get your children thinking about what they are reading.
Reader's Workshop:
This week we started pulling groups of readers to read out loud to teachers. These small groups are so helpful. In these small groups children receive one-on-one reading attention, they are able to practice and learn reading strategies and have meaningful discussions about books. While teachers are pulling reading groups, everyone else is either working on a writing piece using their individual and class word wall, reading with a partner or reading from their book box. The room is quiet and focused. Everyone is working the whole time. In the future there will be 5 choices to choose from during reader's workshop. We are starting out with two and working our way up. Soon the 5 choices during reader's workshop will be: read to self, read to a partner, word work (working on word study words), work on writing or listen to reading. While students are working, teachers are pulling reading groups and individual readers. At the end of reader's workshop the class comes together as a whole to work on our handwriting without tears lesson for the day. This is where we also practice our word study words.
Math Workshop:
The mini lessons that we focussed on this week were: counting forward and backward, comparing quantities, developing/analyzing visual images and comparing two quantities to see which is larger. Children were pulled in small groups and pulled individually to work on these concepts through games and lots of practice.
The math tubs that children could choose from were: mystery bags, race to 100, start with, get to (counting backwards this week), quick images. Each game focussed on one of the mini lessons that were taught for the week. A fun game to play in the car to practice counting backwards is called "start with, get to." You shout out a number to start with and then you shout out a number to get to and your child has to start at that number and count backwarrds and stop when they get to the final number. Example: Star with 18 and get to 5. Your child would count 18, 17, 16, 15 etc. until the reached 5 ad stop.
We start walking to the park next week! Sign up to help us if you can. The sign up genius will be sent out soon!
**Please have your girls wear shorts under their skirts and dresses every single day even if it is not a PE day. It helps on the playground and on the carpet when kids are sitting cris-cross applesauce!
Hugs,
Mrs. Schultz
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