Saturday, March 23, 2024

Creating Our Very Own Board Games!

Learning highlights from the week:

MathFirst graders finished up their  work on measuring using both standard and non standard units and have started an investigation on fractions. Second graders continue working on adding and subtracting 10’s and 100’s to numbers over 100,

 Reading-Work this week groups worked on various phonics skills. Some students are working on longer blends and others on R controlled vowels.  Students are also looking for character traits, problems and solutions in their reading.    

Writing-  The exciting work of opinion writing. This week students selected a piece of famous art and wrote their opinion about it. They also wrote a review of their favorite movie or show.

Mindfulness-  We continue to focus on optimism as well as how to use mindfulness to help us regulate our energy and emotions during the day. We have also spent the week reviewing classroom and schoolwide expectations.


 






Saturday, March 16, 2024

Circus Time in PE and Opinion Writing!

 
Learning highlights from the week:

MathFirst graders have been working on measuring using both standard and non standard units.  Today they worked with a partner to measure themselves to see how tall they were.

 Second graders have been working on adding and subtracting 10’s and 100’s to numbers over 100.  

Example:  

Number

10 Less

10 More

100 Less

100 More

186

176

196

86

286

403

393

413

303

503


Students have been building these numbers with place value blocks to give them a concrete model.  The goal is to be able to have students do this computation without the use of concrete models.

 Reading- Our word work this week centered around r controlled vowels and longer blends. We are also working on character traits both physical and non-physical.

Writing- We started Friday letters back up yesterday! Our learners were excited to send home a letter! We are also working on opinion writing! This week we learned the difference between a fact and an opinion. 

Mindfulness-  The unit on optimism continues through the end of March. I am optimistic that this weather will soon bring us warmer days and sunny skies.





















 

Saturday, March 9, 2024

Welcome Back! March Comes In Like a Lamb!


Learning highlights from the week:


MathFirst graders have been reviewing skills from before vacation. On Monday they will be starting a new unit on measurement and fractions. Second graders continue their work on fluently adding and subtracting within 100 using place value with a variety of strategies.  We have been talking about what strategies work best and what strategies are most efficient.


Reading- We are starting a new unit on character development and story elements! We will focus on both physical traits as well as emotional and personality traits.  We will be continuing our work on building our phonetic skills as well as new book clubs. 


Writing-  We have  finished our research books and project and are moving on to opinion writing!  Students will learn how to state their opinion and add supporting reasons to help persuade their reader!


Mindfulness-  Our theme for the month of March is optimism.  Things are looking up!!















 

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Nonfiction Author Share!

Nonfiction Author Share

Students selected an animal and conducted research to learn facts!

Then they:
  • Created an all about book to share their research
  • Created a habitat for their animal
  • Designed a clay creature to represent their animal
  • Wrote a script and created a ChatterPixKids video teaching others facts about their animal