Last week sure was a busy one in Room 202! I hope you enjoy reading about all of the fun that we had!
Important Dates:
January 18th:
Professional Development Day
No School for Students
January 21st:
MLK Jr. Day
No School
Announcements:
Star Student
Last week we celebrated our first Star Student in Room 202! If your child has not returned their Star Student poster to school, please have them do so as soon as possible so that they are able to share it with their class during their special week. Thank you!
Curriculum Update:
Literacy
Last week in Literacy we read the book Little Panda by Joanne Ryder. This nonfiction text helped us learn about the real life panda, Hua Mei, who was born at the San Diego Zoo in 1999. As an extension of this book, we also enjoyed watching the current pandas at the San Diego Zoo on their panda cam! If you are interested in viewing the panda cam (and other animal cams too!) click here!
The class had a great time making their own panda projects at the Creation Station center!
Last week in Literacy we also practiced reading the sight words "me', "she", and "with" and reviewed the letter B. In Fundations the children were introduced to the concept of "tapping out" the sounds they hear in words. Click here to learn more about tapping!
Math
In math we started Unit 7 which focuses on addition! We began our exploration by learning about the concept of joining, or putting groups together. This was followed by the introduction of the + and = signs. We will continue to practice adding and writing addition number sentences in class this week before we transition to subtraction.
The students above enjoyed learning the new math game, Flip It, during their Free Choice time on Friday. Flip It uses Tang math cards and helps student practice identifying numbers using different math representations (ten frames, tallies, fingers,words, etc.) I am looking forward to having these expert students teach the rest of the class how to play Flip It this week!
Patriots Day!
The students below had a great time showing their Patriots pride on Friday and it looks like we may have brought them good luck! Go PATS!
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!
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