Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a nice weekend and stayed safe in the snowy/icy weather! Please take a peek at what the students in Room 202 were up to last week!
Media Tomorrow!
This is a friendly reminder that tomorrow is Tuesday! Please have your child return their library book to school so that they are able to select a new one. Thanks so much!
Winter Recess
It looks like winter weather has finally arrived! The children will be able to play in the snow at recess time if they have SNOW PANTS and SNOW BOOTS. Please be sure to send your child to school with these items if they want to play in the snow. The blacktop area is available to play on if children do not have boots & snow pants. (If you have an extra set and would like to have your child keep them at school, that is ok. Just let me know!)
Bee-Bots
A BIG '"thank you" to Boyden's Technology Specialist, Mrs. Carroll, who took time to visit our class during our time in the Innovation Lab last week! Mrs. Carroll did a fantastic lesson on Bee-Bots! Bee-Bots are a child friendly way of introducing "coding" and are also fantastic for teaching directionality, sequencing, estimation, and problem solving skills. The class had a fantastic time creating the 'code' to get our Bee-Bots from one place on their mat to another. For more information on Bee-Bots click here!
Curriculum:
Literacy
That week in Literacy we read the story Little Quack by Lauren Thompson and discussed the question, "When is a time you felt proud?". We also continued to practice reading the sight words me, she, and with and reviewed the letter R. In Fundations the children gained more practice with tapping out CVC words such as mud, hat, and pig, also review the letter formation for uppercase letters A-H.
The class had a great time creating their own paper duck projects at the Creation Station center last week. This week we will complete the project as students will write about their favorite duck from the story.
Math
Last week in math we continued to explore the concept of addition. The class did a great job solving addition problems and writing number sentences using the + and = symbols. This week we will begin to learn about the concept of "taking away" as we prepare to learn about subtraction!
The class had a blast writing addition number sentences as their joined their cube trains together during an interactive partner activity!
We couldn't be prouder of our home team and can't wait to cheer on the Patriots in the Superbowl! GO PATS!
