Have you seen the books above??? They are now both missing! Please check at home. As we were switching over to our new check in system, they were lost in the mix (we think).
Boys in action during free choice centers. Always building!
Gunnar's grandmother came to volunteer and it was so special.
Lauren and Sully working away in art.
Lily and William working hard.
Allison and Sophie are too sweet!
Katherine and Tripp following all of Ms. Tasia's art directions.
Hello families!
Can you believe September is almost over? Time is flying.
This week we visited our book buddies and read with them, had writer's workshop, a park walk, started word problems in math, learned a new reading strategy and studied Rumpelstiltskin. Can you believe we are able to fit all of that into a 5 day week?
Reader's Workshop:
This week we worked on reading guided reading books, sight words, handwriting, pencil grip and word study words. We also learned a new reading strategy. Each week we will learn (and practice) a new reading strategy. This week we learned "Eagle Eye." Look at the pictures to help you solve tricky words. We have cute Beanie Babies to go along with each strategy to help us remember the strategies! There are many things you can do when you come across a tricky word.
Writer's Workshop:
This week we learned the difference between using an author's ideas and copying an author. Everyone is in LOVE with all the books that Mo Williams writes. But we discovered there is a big difference between using his ideas and copying his ideas.
Math Workshop:
This week we focused on word problems. We started practicing subtraction and addition problems. We do these with "story boards" and we call groups of between 1 and 5 kiddos so that we can differentiate and meet the needs of all students. We are sure to use a variety of language so that kids get used to hearing the equations different ways for the future.
Thematic Centers;
This week we studied Rumpelstiltskin and the different lessons that particular fairy tale can teach us. We also noticed that this story had a human as a villain instead of an animal like in past fairy tales we've studied. We rotated through 4 main centers:
1. With your table, make the castle that the king and queen lived in from Rumpelstiltskin. Present it to the class. There was a variety of materials to choose from when castle building.
2. Sequencing hat: put the pictures in order according to the story. Glue them on your hat and retell the story to a teacher.
3. Make your own puppet from the story Rumpelstiltskin and create a puppet show with your table. Preform the story to the class.
4. Graph your name next to Rumpelstiltskin's and compare how many letters your name has compared to his and other classmates names. Then try to come up with as many words as you can out of the name Rumpelstiltskin.
Science:
Ms. Morgan (our intern) did an amazing science experiment last week. Ask your child about it. It involved Coke and Mentos. It was so neat. You may have seen the science recording sheets come home. Tomorrow we will have another experiment.
**No school on Monday.
**Do not forget to work on your fairy tale ball costumes and parade of fiction costumes. If you need any help at all, please send me an email and I am happy to help out.
**New sight word rings will come home next week so be on the lookout for those. More details to come.
Have a wonderful long weekend!
Mrs. Schultz
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