I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend and stayed safe and warm during Friday's snow event! It was great to be back together in Room 202 last week, and the new year is off to a busy start in our class. Please enjoy a few of the highlights below!
Important Dates:
January 14th:
No School
Staff Training
January 17th:
No School
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Announcements:
Snow Gear
A friendly reminder that we are outdoors for recess as much as possible, even during the winter months. Please be sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather and remember to send a warm coat, hat, and mittens or gloves to school each day. Children who also bring snow pants and boots will be allowed to play in the snow. Please pack your child's snow gear in a separate bag and be sure that each item is labeled with their name or initials. In the past students have kept their snow gear at school during the week and brought it home on Fridays with their quiet time towels. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!
Library Tomorrow!
A friendly reminder that our class visits the library/media center on Mondays. Please have your child return their book so that they are able to select a new one. Please also return your child's clean quiet time towel as well. Thanks so much for all of your help! :)
Curriculum Update:
Fundations
Last week in Fundations we practiced reading the sight word an. The children were also introduced to the concept of "tapping out" the sounds they hear in words. Click here to learn more about tapping!
Last week our class practiced reading the sight word an, and learned that this little word can be found inside many bigger words! We took the time to brainstorm bigger words with the word "an" such as fan, man, ban, and tan, and learned that all of these words (and many more!) belong to what we call a word family! The class then practiced reading words in the "an" word family as they created their own an vans during center time.
Reader's Workshop
It was an exciting time in Reader's Workshop last week as we began Unit 2 in our Lucy Calkins curriculum! This unit focuses on developing our reading superpowers, or the different strategies we can use when encountering unknown words. Last week's superpower was pointer power and the students had a fantastic time pointing to the words they could read in our classroom!
Math
Last week in math we started a unit on sorting! We learned that objects can be sorted by various attributes such as size, shape, color, and texture. The class had a great time using everything they learned about sorting as they visited various sorting centers which were set up around the classroom throughout the week.
Social Studies
Our main focus in Social Studies last week was celebrating the New Year! We discussed how many people set new year's resolutions, or goals, for themselves and even created a list of possible goals that WE have for the new year. We also enjoyed learning about New Year's Eve traditions that families share and how New Year's is celebrated in different places all over the world! Happy 2022!
Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! Please check back soon to see all that is new in Room 202!
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