Saturday, April 8, 2017

Weekly News (Apr. 3-7)

I was so happy to see the children back at school this week! It sounds like everyone had a great spring vacation! Take a peek below to see what we've been learning this first week back.

Math
This week we continued to explore the concept of measurement. Students were introduced to a new measuring tool--a tape measure! We spent some time looking at our tape measures, and the students quickly noticed there were different markings and numbers on each side of the tape measure. One side was marked in centimeters and the other side in inches. We practiced opening and carefully closing our tape measure, and then students had some time to measure their supply boxes.






We also played a few rounds of the "Mystery Number" game. For this game, a number is covered on our hundreds chart and students have to figure out which number is covered by looking at the numbers before and after the mystery number. It's a great game to help students recognize number patterns and understand how the number grid is organized.


We also spent some time exploring the penny this week. We used magnifying glasses to take a closer look at the front and back of the penny and read a nonfiction book to learn more about the history of the penny. We learned that a penny is worth one cent and Abraham Lincoln is shown on the front of the penny. We watched the following two videos as well to learn even more about the penny and the other coins we will be learning about!



Literacy
Reading Workshop
This week we began our Poetry Unit and started to explore the exciting world of poetry! We practiced getting ready to read poetry by looking at and reading the title of the book and the poem; looking closely at the illustrations; making predictions; making connections to our own lives; and thinking about how the poem makes us feel. We also learned about the different ways poetry can look and how poets use different features to help us know how it should sound as we read it. We made a chart to help us keep track of our thinking as we talked about how imaginative and creative poets can be! Check us out in action below looking for features of poetry!








We also learned about poetry in the LMC this week as the students used the Nearpod app to learn about the unique features of poetry.





Writing Workshop
The class did a great job writing about their spring vacation adventures. We have been focusing on using lowercase letters when writing and listening for vowel sound sounds in words. To support our poetry unit, we wrote acrostic poems about spring. Check out some of our work below!



You may have also seen some notes come home this week in your child's blue folder from our new class "Post Office." We will continue to use our Post Office during free choice writing time as a way to make writing fun and purposeful. We will also add a new job to our job board--Mail Delivery Person!

Guided Reading
The children continue to do a great job during our small group guided reading time and are always eager to get a new book. Thank you all so much for your continued support at home. I can tell the children have been practicing their sight words and reading their books at home. Keep up the great work K-2!

Indoor Recess
Despite the rain start to the week, the children had a great time during indoor recess!!







Have a great weekend!

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