Mrs. Buchanio's Classroom Blog: February 2022

I hope all of my Room 121 friends are enjoying their break so far! Our classroom was filled with lots of love before vacation! Please take a moment to enjoy a few pictures of our Valentine's Day fun below!

Important Dates:

February 28th:

Welcome Back!

Classes Resume

March 4th:

Book Character Dress Up Day

(See Below for Details)

Announcements:

2.2.22!

Happy 2.22.22! Since we knew we would be on winter break for this very exciting day, we decided to have some fun on 2.2.22 instead! Enjoy this flashback photo of what sure was a memorable day!

Book Character Dress Up Day

Next week we will be celebrating Read Across America! As part of our celebration we will be learning about a different children's storybook author each day, and participating in many cross-curricular activities. This exciting week will culiminate in a book character dress up day where your child will be invited to dress up as their favorite storybook character! This notice with more details will be sent home on Monday. Please click here for a few costume ideas.

Curriculum Update:

Valentine's Day

Love was in the air last Monday as our class celebrated Valentine's Day! We had a wonderful time sharing valentines with our friends and learning about the different ways we can make others feel special everyday of the year!

The fun didn't stop there! The children also enjoyed completing valentine/heart themed reading and math centers throughout the week!

Super Readers!

I have fixed some technical issues I was experiencing and am THRILLED to share a few videos from our super reader ceremony and parade that we had last month. Please click the links below to view these very special videos!

Super Reader Ceremony

Super Reader Parade

*A very special thank you to Boyden's 4th grade students who took the time to cheer us on!

I hope you enjoyed this peek at our week! Please check back soon to see all that in new in Room 202!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend and enjoyed yesterday's beautiful weather! It's hard to believe that we celebrated the 100th day of school last week. Boy is time flying! Please take a look at a few pictures from our celebration, as well as some other important updated below!

Important Dates:

February 14th:

Valentine's Day!

February 21st-25th

Winter Break

No School

Announcements:

Valentine's Day!

We will be celebrating Valentine's Day in our classroom on Monday, and students who wish to bring in Valentine cards (and have not already done so) are more than welcome to! Please remember to include every child in the class (we have 17) and have your child sign the cards with only THEIR name. A friendly reminder that candy/food of any kind is not allowed.

Progress Reports
Your child's progress report/report card is available for you to view on X2 as of Friday, February 11th. If you have any problems accessing their report or have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me!

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:

This Week's Sight Word: no

Fundations

Last week in Fundations we continued to practice reading CVC words such as cat, mop, and wig. The students were also introduced to what we call nonsense words. Terms such as fub, mif, and rig are all examples of nonsense words, and a child's ability to read this words correctly indicates how strong their word decoding abilities are. We will continue to practice reading nonsense words throughout the rest of the year.

Reader's Workshop

In Reader's Workshop we brought our Superpowers unit to a close as we practiced using intonation as we read in order to bring our books to life and avoid the dreaded "robot reading". We also learned about Book Talk Power and how we can retell our favorite stories to those around us!

The students above practice reading aloud and using their Book Talk power with a partner.

Math

It was an exciting time for math in Room 202 last week as we celebrated the 100th day of school! The class enjoyed participating in 100th day math centers which had them counting, reading, and writing numbers from 1 to 100!