January 8 Dear Families,
Next week we will be working on our past projects in full force. This is not a project that needs to be done at home. We will do the entire project while at school. Please continue to send in your shoe boxes and recycled materials.
We had 2 rounds of Daily 5 this morning. During Writer's Workshop we continued on our descriptive writing pieces. Please remember students, the difference between an opinion and a fact. Also, remember when you are writing about a non-fiction topic, you must provide details that are important. Pretend as though your reader knows nothing about your topic.
In Math today, the grade ones worked on addition with 2 sided counters and the grade 2's practiced double digit addition. They were adding 20 to numbers.
Book orders went home today. They are due back next Friday January 15.
Have a great weekend. Stay warm!
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016
January 7
We need your help parents! We are starting our social studies inquiry project. The students in Room 73 are being asked to represent what they have learned about the past. Our statement for guiding our project is "If I lived long ago....". Some kids have decided to represent their learning of the past using a diarama. We are looking for any small shoe boxes that we could use of this project. We will also accept any other recycled materials that may be helpful.
Thank you for your help and have a wonderful evening.
Thank you for your help and have a wonderful evening.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016
Happy Wednesday Families! Today was a very very busy day. We started our day with 2 rounds of Daily 5. After this we talked about different text structures in books. We looked at a variety of fiction and non-fiction books. We learned that fiction books are kind of like humans: different on the outside but the same on the inside. All fiction stories have a beginning, middle and an end. Then we looked at non-fiction text. We learned that there are many different types of non-fiction books. Today we specifically talked about Descriptive Writing. During Writer's Workshop we divided our page into 4, chose a non-fiction topic and wrote 4 facts about that topic. We had to discuss the difference between a fact and an opinion.
We had music today and then after lunch we did making words. We focused on the families at and ate. We made a word with 7 letters. Ask your child if they remember what this word is and how to spell it.
Today in math we learned how to make double digit numbers and add a group of 10 to that number. Some grade ones were able to do this while others continued to work on adding single digit numbers together.
At the end of the day we continued to talk about our upcoming Social Studies inquiry project.
Have a wonderful evening.
We had music today and then after lunch we did making words. We focused on the families at and ate. We made a word with 7 letters. Ask your child if they remember what this word is and how to spell it.
Today in math we learned how to make double digit numbers and add a group of 10 to that number. Some grade ones were able to do this while others continued to work on adding single digit numbers together.
At the end of the day we continued to talk about our upcoming Social Studies inquiry project.
Have a wonderful evening.
MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2016
Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a restful happy holiday. Thank you so much for all the wonderful gifts that were given to me before the break.
Today I spoke with the kids about expectations for the next term. I reminded them that in about 6 weeks we will be half way through the year and we still have a lot of work to do.
Today we talked about all the amazing things we did over the holidays. Grayson's mom had a baby girl. So exciting.
We had one round of Daily 5 and then some free writing time before we headed off to music.
After lunch we did Making Words and then we moved on to Math. We are currently working on using double 10 frames to help us with our basic addition facts.
After gym, we did our blog and then talked about what kind of project we will do to finish up our social studies unit on the past.
Have a wonderful evening!
Today I spoke with the kids about expectations for the next term. I reminded them that in about 6 weeks we will be half way through the year and we still have a lot of work to do.
Today we talked about all the amazing things we did over the holidays. Grayson's mom had a baby girl. So exciting.
We had one round of Daily 5 and then some free writing time before we headed off to music.
After lunch we did Making Words and then we moved on to Math. We are currently working on using double 10 frames to help us with our basic addition facts.
After gym, we did our blog and then talked about what kind of project we will do to finish up our social studies unit on the past.
Have a wonderful evening!
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