A Peek At Our Week!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed the BEAUTIFUL weather! The week ahead is a busy one in our classroom. Please take a moment to read the reminders below. :)

Announcements:

Field Trip

Our field trip to Franklin Park Zoo will take place this Tuesday, October 24th. Please refer to the notice that was sent home on Friday for important reminders and requests. Do not hesitate to contact me with any questions!

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Parent/Teacher Conferences begin this week and will be held on Wednesday, October 25th from 6:00-8:00PM, and Friday, October 27th from 1:00-3:00PM. Another round of night conferences will take place on Thursday, November 2nd from 6:00-8:00PM. If you have not signed up for a conference please contact me directly as the conference scheduler on the Boyden website is now closed. I look forward to meeting with everyone soon!

Personal Best Karate

On Tuesday, the kindergarten, first, and second graders enjoyed a presentation by Mr. Mosca from Personal Best Karate in Norwood! Mr. Mosca discussed the importance of respect and self-discipline, while also teaching the children appropriate ways to stand up for themselves. Personal Best Karate will be running an after school program for students which will be starting in a few weeks. Be on the lookout for more information that will be coming home with your child soon!

Curriculum Update

Literacy

Last week in Literacy we read the story Dig Dig Digging by Margaret Mayo. This story helped us answer the essential question, "How do machines help people work?". We also continued to review the sight words "to" and "a" and learned all about the letter T!

Math

In math we began a unit which explores the numbers 1 to 5. Last week the children did a wonderful job counting, writing, and representing numbers while completing a variety of fun and engaging math centers!

Science

The beautiful weather has made it a spectacular time for science in Room 202! Although it has been feeling quite summer-like lately, we have still been enjoying learning about the changes we can observe in the fall. 

After reading the book, We're Going on a Leaf Hunt by Steve Metzger, the students had a great time looking for leaves of their own! We used our leaves to complete a 'Leaf Report' where the children had to record the size and color of their leaves. We ended our exploration with some fun leaf rubbings!

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at our week! I hope you enjoyed learning about all that is new in Room 202!