A Peek At Our Week!

 I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and is looking forward to the short school week ahead! A friendly reminder that our last day before the winter break is Wednesday, December 23rd (our remote day). 

Important Dates:

Winter Break

December 24th-January 3rd

Announcements:

Q and U Wedding!

On Monday, December 21st we will be celebrating the wedding of Q in U in Room 202! (see Fundations update below for more info). Upon receiving their wedding invitations on Friday, some students expressed interest in dressing up for the occasion. While formal wedding attire is NOT required for our celebration, students who would like wear something special are more than welcome.

Raffle Winners

A BIG congratulations to Kylah and Lexie who won two amazing prizes from our Boyden PAC! Although the Pancake Breakfast was certainly missed this year, it was exciting to still be able to enjoy some aspects of a beloved Boyden tradition. Thank you PAC!

Curriculum Update

Math

Last week in math we continued our unit on addition! We reviewed that addition is the process of joining two groups together, and practice writing addition number sentences using the + and = signs.

      The students above practice writing addition number sentences during a Write the Room activity.

Reader's Workshop

In Reader's Workshop we practiced bringing our stories to life by using our voices! We learned that great readers use expression when reading, and can use their voices in a "sing songy" way to make their story more enjoyable to their listener. At the end of the week we also began to explore the importance of punctuation marks.

Fundations

Last week in Fundations the children were introduced to our last two letters, z and q! During our lessons we learned that q is usually followed by the letter u in the words that we read and write. To reinforce this idea, we will be having a wedding for q and u in class this week as we celebrate their life-long union! 

A Fundations scavenger hunt was the perfect way to celebrate the end of our unit on lowercase letters!

Writer's Workshop

In Writer's Workshop we continue to revise our true story pieces. Last week our lessons focused on writing amazing story beginnings and working with partners to make our work the best it can be!

  The children did a great job sharing their work while also keeping a safe distance!

Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! I hope everyone enjoys a wonderful holiday and winter vacation. See you in 2021!