A Peek At Our Week!

 Last week was an exciting one in our classroom as we celebrated the 100th day of school! Please enjoy a few pictures of our celebration!

Important Dates:

March 5th:

Storybook Character Dress Up Day!

Curriculum:

Hip Hip Hooray for the 100th Day!

We had a blast as we popped our way through the 100th day! To mark the occasion the students completed math centers which encouraged their identification and counting of numbers to 100. Another highlight of our day was our t-shirt fashion show! A video of our show has been posted on Seesaw. Be sure to check it out!

We had SO much fun counting to 100 by 10s as we popped each balloon on our whiteboard! Inside each balloon was a set of ten exercises we had to do. When we finished popping all of the balloon we had done 100 exercises!

A Special Visit from Len Cabral!

Another highlight of our 100th day was getting a virtual visit from storyteller Len Cabral! Len is an award winning storyteller who has traveled all over the world. It was an honor and pleasure to have him "visit" Boyden School. Thank you Len!

A Little Fun on Day 101!

Not only did we have a fantastic time celebrating the 100th day of school last week, but we also set aside some time for a little fun on day 101! The class had a great time channeling their inner Dalmatian and even got a surprise visit from a very special guest! ;)

 Fundations

Last week in Fundations the class continued to practice tapping CVC words such as pot, hen, and lip. We also reviewed silly nonsense words like nim, buj, and fip. Your child's ability to read nonsense words demonstrates their understanding of short vowel sounds, and is a skill we will be working on extensively in class. Lastly, the children were also introduced to the sight/snap words it, in and on. It sure was a busy week!

Reader's Workshop

In Reader's Workshop we continue to use extra strength super powers as we learn to decode more challenging texts. Last week we used extra strength rereading power to bring our stories to life and avoid the dreaded "robot reading". The class also used everything they know about stories to make predictions about the books we read together. 

Writer's Workshop

Last week in Writer's Workshop we completed our unit on "How To" writing! The students worked hard to revise and perfect their pieces so they were ready to be published. On Friday we had a festive celebration and shared our finished work! This week we will be taking a break from Writer's Workshop as we participate in various author studies in honor of Read Across America week. I'm excited that the students will have to opportunity to produce different types of writing based on the work of famous children's authors!

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