I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and staying warm in the chilly weather! It was another busy week in Room 115 (so much so I didn't take many pictures. My apologies! 😅).
Announcements:
80s Day!
On Friday the Student Council will be hosting an 80s day at Boyden School! Students who wish to participate are welcome to wear 80s fashion and/or bright, neon colors. It is sure to be a tubular way to end the week!
Star Student ⭐
Congratulations to Helena who was our Star Student last week! We look forward to learning about, and celebrating another friend from our class in the week ahead!
Fundations
Last week in Fundations we practiced reading the sight word as. We also continued to practice tapping or sliding CVC words such as hat, mug, and pot. Lastly, we reviewed how to write the uppercase letters I-N.
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We also applied our tapping/sliding skills to a new word family! Last week we practice reading words in the "at" family, and had a great time making "at" cats!
Reader's Workshop
In Reader's Workshop we continue to apply our reading superpowers to the books that we read. This week the students will be introduced to "reread power" and learn that readers go back and reread sentences to make them sound smoother and less choppy. The class has been doing a wonderful job during Read to Self time where they go back and reread previously introduced books from their book bins independently. It is so exciting to see the AMAZING progress the children are making with their reading skills at this time of year!
Writer's Workshop
In Writer's Workshop the class continued to work on their narrative/true stories. Many students have completed one whole story and have now moved on to write a new piece. Last week we reviewed the importance of including vowels in the words that we write in order to make them more "readable". We also practiced using writing checklists to make sure our word included all of the necessary components such as starting with an uppercase letter, ending with an ending mark, and including fingers spaces.
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In addition to our Lucy Calking writing curriculum, the children are also getting additional direct instruction in how to construct sentences. The students above practice writing a sentence using sight and CVC words.
Math
Last week in math the class began to explore the concept of measurement! Our main focus was comparing lengths and identifying objects that were shorter or longer than a given example. We are looking forward to having more fun with measurement in the week ahead!
The students above estimate the length of my lanyard using a piece of yarn. We discovered that most student's yarn strings were either too long or too short, but one child's yarn piece was the exact length of the lanyard! 😁
Social Studies
Last week in Social Studies we took a virtual field trip to Antartica through our Let's Find Out magazine! We learned that there are no stores, schools, or even plumbing in Antartica, and that the warmest it gets there is 32 degrees! Brrr!!
Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! Please check back soon to watch us learn, grow, and play in the wonderful world that is K! 🚌🍎📖
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