A Peek At Our Week!

 Happy rainy Sunday! A friendly reminder that classes will resume tomorrow, Monday, April 26th. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone back together again in Room 202 and hearing about the wonderful spring breaks that were had!

Important Dates:

April 27th:

Picture Day

Curriculum:

Earth Day!

Our class had an awesome time learning about and celebrating Earth Day before vacation! We learned that recycling, conserving electricity and water, and donating our old clothes and toys are just a few ways that we can reduce waste and keep our earth healthy and clean!

The students above are taking a closer look at the aftermath of an experiment that showed the impact of pollution on our water.

The class did a fantastic job writing about the ways we can help protect our earth and make it a better place to live!

Math

In math we began a unit on Geometry and explored two dimensional shapes. During our lessons we learned and discussed the names and attributes of circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, and hexagons. This week we will begin to explore three dimensional, or solid shapes!

A shape hunt was the perfect way to kick off our unit on two dimensional figures. We noticed that circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, and hexagons were all around us in our classroom!

We ended our week by making shape pizza's! The class really enjoyed this fun (and yummy) activity!

Fundations

In Fundations we continued to learn and about and read words with digraphs! We reviewed that the letters sh, th, ch, wh, and ck are all digraphs because, when joined together, they make one new sound. One way we practiced our digraph sounds was by playing a fun game called Scoot! During the game the children rotated through cards and had to write down the digraph for each picture shown before I yelled "scoot!". This was a great way to get the class moving and learning at the same time!

 

Reader's Workshop

It was an exciting time in Reader's Workshop as the students continued to work with their partners and book clubs to explore nonfiction texts! Before vacation we continued to familiarize ourselves with various nonfiction books and even compared the similarities and differences between books on the same topic. On Friday, Mrs. Miles introduced us to a new genre of text, poetry! We had a great time reading many new poems and exploring their rhythm and rhyme!

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

 Happy Sunday! It was SO wonderful to be together in person for five days last week! Please enjoy a few pictures from our time together which are featured below. :) 

Important Dates:

April 19th-April 23rd:

Spring Vacation

No School

Announcements:

Rest Time Towels/Blankets

Your child's rest time towel/blanket was sent home on Friday for washing. Please have your child bring a clean towel or blanket for rest time tomorrow. Thank you!

Curriculum:

Last Week's Sight Words: he, she, we

This Week's Sight Words: me, be

Reader's Workshop

Last week in Reader's Workshop we continued our exploration of nonfiction books. We learned to talk like an expert as we identified important vocabulary in various nonfiction books, and even enjoyed some nonfiction book playdates!

The student above are reading nonfiction texts aloud to their playdate partners! During our "playdates" the children taught their partners important vocabulary from their books, acted out their book, and even had their partner look for snap words!

Math

In math last week we completed a short unit on position words! The children enjoyed many fun songs, games, and interactive activities that helped them practice the meaning of the words on, above, below, beside, between, as well as left and right! 

The students above are showing off  left and right bracelets that were used as a visual support as we enjoyed this fun video!

We also completed a fun cut and glue activity after reading the book Pete the Cat: Wheels on the Bus!

Fundations

It was an exciting time in Fundations last week as we began Unit 4 which focuses on digraphs! We learned that a digraph is when two letters "stick together" to make one new sound, and practiced reading words with the digraphs sh, th, ch, wh, and ck.

Writer's Workshop

In Writer's Workshop we continue to practice our opinion writing! The students have quickly become pros at identifying problems and including reasons why these problems should be resolved. Last week we began to explore "fix it" solutions or ways to solve the problems we have identified. While our focus up until now has been problems we've identified at school, at the end of last week we began exploring problems that impact the world such as liter, pollution, and cutting down trees. The children continue to work hard and are doing a fantastic job with this unit!

Art

Friday was a beautiful day to get outside for art! Thank you to Mrs. Marinelli for sharing some pictures from her outdoor lesson which had the children drawing chalk self portraits!

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