Hi Everyone!
I'm sorry I haven't posted in the last few weeks. I have so much to share with you! We have been having the best time here at school. Here is an overview of what we have been doing:
Reading: We have our Daily 5 up and running. Students are choosing reading jobs, listening to reading on the tag readers or iPads, working on writing, reading to someone, working on word work, reading to self and working with a teacher. The reading time is going really well and I'm loving meeting with all the kiddos in their reading groups!
Phonics: During phonics we have been reviewing our digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh, qu and ph). Some students have been practicing mage e words as well! We have three centers during phonics everyday. One job is independent work which might be a game, Headsprout on the tablet or a worksheet, and two centers with adults, one with me and one with another adult. Each group is differentiated based on student needs.
Math: We had our first math test a few weeks ago, which should have come home with your child. We are now working on different combinations that make ten as well as adding and will be starting subtraction soon! Please check out the links at the top of the page for access to helpful websites.
Integrated Literacy: We started our Mem Fox unit a few weeks ago. We have been learning about Australia, Mem Fox, and learning the components of writing a narrative story. Today a few students shared their writing that we have been working on for the last week. Students are writing a story about a happy time or sad time in their life using sequence words. During this time students write independently and I meet with a group of students or individual students to focus on a skill or help improve their writing. The kids are so proud of their work. We will hang the writing up after we have a publishing party!
Here are a few photos from our trip to the Ferguson Library:
We got to ride on the special purple bus!
I'm sorry I haven't posted in the last few weeks. I have so much to share with you! We have been having the best time here at school. Here is an overview of what we have been doing:
Reading: We have our Daily 5 up and running. Students are choosing reading jobs, listening to reading on the tag readers or iPads, working on writing, reading to someone, working on word work, reading to self and working with a teacher. The reading time is going really well and I'm loving meeting with all the kiddos in their reading groups!
Phonics: During phonics we have been reviewing our digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh, qu and ph). Some students have been practicing mage e words as well! We have three centers during phonics everyday. One job is independent work which might be a game, Headsprout on the tablet or a worksheet, and two centers with adults, one with me and one with another adult. Each group is differentiated based on student needs.
Math: We had our first math test a few weeks ago, which should have come home with your child. We are now working on different combinations that make ten as well as adding and will be starting subtraction soon! Please check out the links at the top of the page for access to helpful websites.
Integrated Literacy: We started our Mem Fox unit a few weeks ago. We have been learning about Australia, Mem Fox, and learning the components of writing a narrative story. Today a few students shared their writing that we have been working on for the last week. Students are writing a story about a happy time or sad time in their life using sequence words. During this time students write independently and I meet with a group of students or individual students to focus on a skill or help improve their writing. The kids are so proud of their work. We will hang the writing up after we have a publishing party!
Here are a few photos from our trip to the Ferguson Library:
On Friday we had a special adventure. I brought in candy corn for an activity and then the "Candy Corn Bandit" came during recess and took it. He or she left us clues to help us find the candy corn. The activity was a lot of fun and had us searching all over the school following the clues. We made predictions, wrote about it, talked about the activity and then sequenced the places we went. The kids had all sorts of predictions of who took our candy and we never did find out! It was so much fun! Here is a picture of us after we found the candy:
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