A Peek At Our Week!

Important Dates:

October 31st:
Black and Orange Day

November 1st:
Parent/Teacher Conferences
6:00-8:00PM

Curriculum Update:

Personal Best Karate

On Wednesday, 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. Information about this program was sent home with your child at the end of last week. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!

Literacy

Last week in Literacy we read the book Life in the Ocean by Carol K. Lindeen. This book helped us discuss the question, "What is in an ocean environment?". We also review the letter A and were introduced to two new sight words "have" and "is". In Fundations we learned about the letters D and S. 

A lot of great learning was happening at Literacy Centers this week!

Math

In math we continued to practice comparing and ordering numbers 0-5. We learned the new math vocabulary words more, fewer, same as, column, and row and also used a tool called a ten frame!

Number practice was in full swing as the class participated in Math Center this week. 

Mrs. Tilton Visits

We were excited to welcome Mrs. Tilton back to Room 202 for another visit last week! During her lesson Mrs. Tilton continued to teach us about expected and unexpected behaviors. The class did a great job of showing examples of each when you are out on the playground.

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at our week. Please check back soon to see all that is new in Room 202!

A Peek At Our Week!

Important Dates:

October 24th:
Parent/Teacher Conferences
6:00-8:00PM

October 26th:
Half Day for Students (No Lunch Served)
Parent/Teacher Conferences
1:00-3:00PM

Announcements:

A Special Announcement

Dear Families,
I wanted to take a moment to share the exciting news that the Buchanio Family is expanding! My husband and I are thrilled to be expecting our second child, another little girl, in late March. While I have not made a formal announcement in class yet, your child may soon start to notice my growing belly. You are more than welcome to share this information with them at home! :)

Supplies
Thank you SO much for the very generous contributions of paper towels, wipes, tissues, and hand sanitizer that have been made to our classroom over the past several weeks! Due to your kindness our cabinets are well stocked and ready to take on the cold and flu season ahead. THANK YOU!!!

Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent/Teacher Conferences begin this week and will be held on Wednesday, October 24th from 6:00-8:00PM, and Friday, October 26th from 1:00-3:00PM. Another round of night conferences will take place on Thursday, November 1st 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!

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" as well as the letter "T'. In Fundations we learned about the letters "C" and "A".

Read, Write, Smell and Creation Station (with finger paints!) were two new activities that made their debut at Literacy Centers this week! 

Math

In math we began a unit which explores numbers to 5. Last week the children did a wonderful job counting, writing, and representing the numbers 0, 1, and 2. On Friday the class had a great time playing the game Three Corners to help reinforce their recognition of these numbers. Discussing the rules of this game and how we played in class would be a great conversation starter at home!

Science

The beautiful weather has made it a spectacular time for science in Room 202! With the summer-like weather now behind us, our class has 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!

A Peek At Our Week!

It was another fun and exciting week in Room 202! Please enjoy some of the highlights below!

Announcements

Room Parents

A very big THANK YOU to all those who volunteered to be a room parent for our classroom! The response to my request was so overwhelming that I was forced to pick names from a hat! I am excited to share that Mrs. Fazio, Mrs. Holland, and Mrs. Wheeler will be our room parents this year! Thank you again for all those who expressed interest. Numerous volunteer opportunities will arise throughout the school year so please don’t despair if you have not yet been contacted.

Curriculum

Literacy 

Last week in Literacy we read the story Julius by Angela Johnson and discussed the question, "How do people in a community cooperate? We also practiced the sight words "to" and "a", learned about the letters "C" and "O" in Fundations, and reviewed the letter "M"!

Designing their own matching mittens was a great way for the students to review the letter "M" last week. They also enjoyed their first "Write the Room" activity where they searched the classroom for words that had the letter "M"!

Math

In math we revisited Geometry last week! The children enjoyed working with patterns blocks as they practiced making shapes from other shapes. We learned that two trapezoids make a hexagon, three triangles make a trapezoid, and three rhombuses make a hexagon!

Mrs. Tilton Visits!

We were excited to welcome Mrs. Tilton back to Room 202 last week! During her lesson Mrs. Tilton taught us about expected and unexpected behaviors. We learned that expected behaviors are things we are supposed to do, like raise our hand in class and play nicely with our friends. Unexpected behaviors are those that do not follow the rules, like talking when the teacher is talking, or pushing other children outside. 

The class did a great job drawing pictures of behaviors that are expected and unexpected.

Franklin Park Zoo!

It was a fantastic day at Franklin Park Zoo on Friday and we were SO lucky the weather cooperated for our trip! A BIG thank you to Mrs. Fairchild, Mrs. Farley, Mrs. Fazio, and Mrs. Holland for joining us and sharing their great pictures. Enjoy!

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at our week! Please check back soon to see all that it new in Room 202! :)