Last week was an exciting one as we celebrated many special days. See below for a few highlights! 🌈🌞💮
Important Dates:
March 27th:
Early Release
April 2nd:
Autism Awareness Day 💙
Wear blue to show support!
April 3rd:
No School
Day of Low Attendance
April 6th:
Spring Pictures 📸
April 20th-24th:
Spring Break-No School
Announcements:
St. Patrick's Day Fun! ☘
Our class was as good as gold as we enjoyed a wonderful Irish step performance from the Harney School of Dance on St. Patrick's Day!
Rock Your Socks!
Thanks to those who celebrated World Down Syndrome Day by rocking their bright, crazy, and/or fun socks to spread awareness. It was a great way to end our week! 🧦
Curriculum Update:
Reader's Workshop
In Reader's Workshop we continued to explore the essential question: "What makes the USA special?". We enjoyed learning more about Martin Luther King Jr. as we read a biography written by Marion Dane Bauer, which highlighted his importance and the significant impact he made to our country. We also learned about many US presidents as we read the book Presidents' Day by Judith Stamper. The students continue to practice identifying people, places, and events, and discuss author's purpose.
Phonics
It was an exciting time in phonics last week as the class was introduced to a brand new concept, digraphs! We learned that digraphs are two letters that make one brand new sound, and practiced building and reading words with sh. We also continued to practice the sight/heart words who and two.
The students practiced reading words with sh as they made their own sharp looking sheep! 🐑
Math
Last week in math we reviewed teen numbers. Through our lessons and activities the students were reminded that all teen numbers start with a 1, and have one group of ten and then some "more". Circling back to this important concept helped the students recognize teen numbers with greater automaticity, and deepened their understanding of how teen numbers are composed.
Write the Room activities are always a great way to practice both new and review concepts!
Writing
Last week in writing we completed our unit on sentences. The children practiced identifying and fixing mistakes in sentences, as well as generating sentences for a given picture. In the week ahead we will move onto a new genre of writing known as "how to" or procedure writing. During this unit your child will practice writing the steps of a well-known process such as brushing their teeth or getting ready for school.
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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