Happy Thanksgiving from K-2!
We have been spending some time this week thinking about all of the things we are thankful for, and I was so touched by the students' thoughtful responses. We made "Thankful Turkeys" in the LMC this week, which are on display in the hallway outside our room, and we also thought about all the things we are thankful for in our classroom!
What a thoughtful and kind-hearted group!
Math
This week the children learned a new game called "Roll and Record," which reinforced their counting and graphing skills. After rolling a single die, students would count the dots and practice writing the corresponding number in a bar graph like the one below. We practiced first as a class and then students rolled their own die and created individual graphs. This game was also a great way for many students to practice their "subitizing" skills--the ability to quickly identify the number of items in a small set without counting. Although students were able to count the dots on the die each time they rolled, they were also encouraged to roll and quickly identify how many dots there were without counting if they could.
This week the children learned a new game called "Roll and Record," which reinforced their counting and graphing skills. After rolling a single die, students would count the dots and practice writing the corresponding number in a bar graph like the one below. We practiced first as a class and then students rolled their own die and created individual graphs. This game was also a great way for many students to practice their "subitizing" skills--the ability to quickly identify the number of items in a small set without counting. Although students were able to count the dots on the die each time they rolled, they were also encouraged to roll and quickly identify how many dots there were without counting if they could.
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| Roll and Record |
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We also practiced following and creating our own patterns
using colored Unifix cubes. |
Jolly Phonics
This week we reviewed all of the sounds from Book #4, and we learned the first two sounds from Book #5.
Zz as in "zebra"
Ww as in "wind"
Zz as in "zebra"
Ww as in "wind"
Literacy
Reading Workshop
This week we finished the last two interactive read aloud lessons for our Fiction Unit, and we will begin our mini-lessons when we return from break. As a class we worked to create a story map after reading the book A Balloon for Isabel. In this story, Isabel tries to convince her teacher that she and Walter, both porcupines, should receive balloons on kindergarten graduation day just like the other children. As we listened closely to the story, we identified the characters and the setting as well as the problem the characters were trying to solve. In this story the characters were very resourceful and made several attempts to solve their problem before finding a solution that would work. We learned some valuable lessons from this story as you can see from our story map below.
This week we finished the last two interactive read aloud lessons for our Fiction Unit, and we will begin our mini-lessons when we return from break. As a class we worked to create a story map after reading the book A Balloon for Isabel. In this story, Isabel tries to convince her teacher that she and Walter, both porcupines, should receive balloons on kindergarten graduation day just like the other children. As we listened closely to the story, we identified the characters and the setting as well as the problem the characters were trying to solve. In this story the characters were very resourceful and made several attempts to solve their problem before finding a solution that would work. We learned some valuable lessons from this story as you can see from our story map below.
The children also did a terrific job during another reading workshop lesson this week. Using the wordless book Wave by Suzy Lee, the children learned how to describe the details in the illustrations to tell a realistic story just like a storyteller would from beginning to end. Using words like the ones in the illustration below, the children and I worked together to tell the story of the Wave. What an amazing group of storytellers we have in K-2!
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| Storytelling practice with the book Wave by Suzy Lee. |
Writing Workshop
We continued to work on our narrative writing books this week, and we also did some writing about our favorite Thanksgiving day foods--so many healthy eaters in K-2!
All About Me
This week the class loved learning all about Ivan! We learned that Ivan loves to play soccer, and he also does Tae Kwon Do. Ivan is a big fan of Minecraft, and he LOVES computers. Ivan enjoys solving math problems and listening to stories from his favorite fairy tale book. He also likes to play with Legos and spend time with his family and his two cats!
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| The class loved Good Night, Sleep Tight, Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite! A big thank you to Ivan's mom for coming in to share a family favorite! |
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| Thank you to Matthew's mom for reading some great stories from some of our favorite authors. What a great time! |
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| Thank you to Ian's mom for reading There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Cat and a Pete the Cat book. We loved them!! Thank you all so much for sharing your children with me each day. They fill me with pride, laughter, and warmth each and every day. I am so lucky to be their teacher. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! Love, Mrs. Riesing |
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