Weekly News (Mar 6-10)

All About Me

A big thank you to Liliana's mom for coming in to read this week!
We LOVED the Liliana book and the Pete the Cat book too!

Math
This week we began Unit 5 in math. Students will explore the following concepts in this unit:
• measurement
• attributes
• addition and subtraction
• identifying equivalent names for numbers
• making changes
• introducing the class number grid
• skip counting by 5
• tally marks
• continued practice with counting, estimation, patterning, and graphing

Early in the week, the students learned how to use ordinal numbers to describe a sequence of events. We talked about our daily routines at home and school and practiced sequencing a series of events using the words first, second, third, next, and last. Take a peek at the game below to practice your sequencing skills!

The students also revisited the concept of patterning this week. They practiced copying and extending a given pattern and then had some time to create their own patterns using pospsicle sticks too.

We also played a game this week with our attribute blocks. I would pick a "mystery block," and then students had to figure out what shape I picked using the attributes of shape, color, size, and thickness.

Literacy
Reading Workshop
This week during reading workshop, we learned how good readers STOP and THINK before, during, and after reading. Using the book How Bees Make Honey, we practiced how to confirm our predictions and identify new information we learned by saying things like,  "Yes! I knew that!" or "Wow, I never knew that!" Students had time to share their new learning with their classmates too.

We also spent some time learning how to use different text features to understand the meaning of the bold words found in nonfiction books. We practiced studying the photographs, reading the labels, and using the glossary to help us learn the meaning of new words.

Writing Workshop
During the LMC this week, the students used the Pebble Go website to learn about the four different seasons. Then they chose their favorite season and identified three things that make that season the best. They will use this information during writing workshop next week as they work on their first persuasive writing piece!

Science
We spent some time this week analyzing our winter weather data and had a discussion about what we observed. Check out our data and observations below!