All About Me
This week we loved learning all about Charlie and his favorite things! We learned that Charlie is a big sports fan, and he loves collecting mini football helmets. He has the entire NFL collection! Charlie likes owls, and he also enjoys playing basketball and video games. Going to dinner at Benihana with his family is also a favorite!
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| A big thank you to Charlie's Mom for reading Harry the Dirty Dog! |
This week we learned how to describe objects using different attributes. Using a set of blocks, we worked together as a class to sort our blocks by the following attributes: shape, color, size, and thickness.
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| Sorting by Shape |
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| Sorting by Color |
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| Sorting by Size |
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| Sorting by Thickness |
We also revisited number stories this week and used our interactive whiteboard to create some of our own addition and subtraction number problems. Check out our number stories
Literacy
Reading Workshop
We had our first nonfiction mini lesson this week and learned how good readers get ready to read nonfiction. Then we practiced the following strategies using the book What We Wear: Dressing Up Around the World--a book that uses beautiful photographs to show the different ways children dress for school, sports, play, and celebrations all around the world.
The students also did a great job making connections to the books we have been reading during reading workshop time. They have been practicing using the phrase, "This reminds me of...." and have been making connections to their own lives, other books they have read, movies they have seen, or conversations they have heard to help us make new connections as we read and learn.
Writing Workshop
In addition to our weekly weekend writing prompt, the students spent some time practicing how to write their first and last name using lined paper from our Handwriting Without Tears program. We will continue to practice writing our full names in the weeks ahead!
LMC
The class loved celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday in the LMC this week. After learning about his life using Pebble Go, the students had time to play some Dr. Seuss themed games using the following website!
A huge thank you to Dhilan's mom for a great lesson on Mary Cassatt. The children learned about her use of color while studying two of her famous works of art.
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School Assembly
The children also enjoyed a presentation from Science Alliance called "World Works" that helped the children understand how they can make a difference in the world around them! They learned about the three basic R's (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle), but they also learned about two more R's--how to "Re-new" materials and "Re-think" how we use Earth's valuable resources. Thank you to the PTA for helping to bring this program to Dryden!
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| Libby helping to recycle |
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| Jaala showing how materials can be recycled to make new things |
Have a great weekend!
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