A Peek At Our Week!

I hope your child had a wonderful February vacation! With all of the hard work that has been happening in Room 202, the break was much deserved! I am looking forward to hearing all about the fun that was had when we return to school on February 24th (tomorrow!)

Announcements

Jump-a-Thon!

Congratulations to Tessa and Molly who were our class representatives in the Jump-a-Thon which took place the Friday before vacation! We are SO proud their tremendous effort. Great work Tessa and Molly! Also, a BIG congratulations to Mrs. Dacko who was the last jumper jumping in the teacher's competition. Way to go Mrs. Dacko!

Valentine's Day

Our class had a great time spreading some love as we celebrated Valentine's Day! Passing out our valentines was definitely a highlight of the day!

Curriculum Update

Literacy

Before vacation we continued "tapping out" sounds to read consonant, vowel, consonant (CVC) words such as cat, pot, and map! We also practiced reading the sight words are, that, and do.

Playing bingo with letter tiles was a great way to review our sounds before the break!

Math

Valentine's Day themed math centers were a great way for the children to practice a wide variety of skills including addition, subtraction, and number recognition! Two teacher-led tables also provided the children with practice decomposing (i.e. showing different ways) to make numbers! 

The students above are using pink and red hearts to show the different ways to make five. We discovered that 0 and 5, 1 and 4, and 2 and 3 are all equal  to 5. We also discussed that you can flip these combinations to show even more ways!

Writing

It was a bittersweet time in writing as we completed our "How To" unit prior to vacation. This was a particularly enjoyable unit for the children as they LOVED writing about different things they know how to do. Some topics included how to build with Legos, make an ice cream sundae, draw a bunny, and get ready for school in the  morning! We capped off this series of lessons with a writer's celebration in which the students had the opportunity to read one of their published pieces to a second grade student in Mrs. Arnold's classroom! We had an awesome time sharing our work with Mrs. Arnold's friends and also hearing the creative How To pieces they had completed.

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at our week! I hope your child enjoys these last few hours of vacation! :)