A Peek At Our Week!

 Happy Sunday! I hope you are enjoying this beautiful fall weather! Please see below for a few updates from our very busy week!

Announcements:

October 27th

Parent/Teacher Conferences

6:00-8:00PM

October 31st

Black and Orange Spirit Day!

November 1st:

Picture Retake Day

Smile!

Curriculum Update:

This Week's Sight Words: it, in

Fundations

Last week in Fundations we learned about the letters g and a. We also practiced reading the sight words "was" and "for".

The class had a fun time making their own gumball machines as we learned about the letter g!

Reader's Workshop

In Reader's Workshop we continued to enjoy old storybook favorites last week. During our lessons we practiced retelling stories such as The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Mrs. Wishy Washy, and The Three Little Pigs using character voices. We also practiced using special connecting words such as "and then" to put the storybook pages together while retelling the events.

On Friday the class had a blast making puppets for the characters in The Three Little Pigs. We used these puppets to retell the events of the story and practice using our character voices.

Math

Last week in Math we continued our unit on counting and identifying numbers. While the expectation is that students can count orally to 30, they only need to identify (visually) and count physical objects to 20. Identifying/reading numbers from 10-20 has proven to be especially tricky for many friends, so we will continue to practice that skill in math this week.

We also broke out the Chrome Books last week and practiced logging into ST Math! We met ST Math's mascot Gigi and began working on some number puzzles. 

Writer's Workshop

In Writer's Workshop we have transitioned from writing teaching books and are now practicing writing stories! Last week we learned to plan our stories page by page, and added more details to our pieces. It is important to note that telling stories primarily through pictures is still completely appropriate at this time of year. As we continue with our Fundations lessons and learn more letters and sounds, our word writing skills will begin to develop!

Good Luck Ms. Lane!

Friday was a bittersweet day as we said good-bye to our student teacher Ms. Lane. It was wonderful having her be a part of the Room 202 family for the first eight weeks of school, and we wish her good luck as she continues her student teaching journey in first grade!

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