"We looked for bugs and made a straw that we sucked them up in." - WB
"We did Drumfit with Ms. Scarrow, the grade 3/4s, and Ms. Halima." - RG"We did today's letter. It is N!" - NS
"We did D.E.A.R. (drop everything and read) time. Our goal was to read for 6 minutes." - AA
"We read for 6 minutes and 16 seconds." - WB
"We wrote our blog." - MW
"We caught bugs." - JGRS
We went outside on Friday to search for small crawling and flying animals (bugs). Students used the simple 'pooters' that they made in the classroom to find bugs and transfer them to an observation container. Students then sketched their observations in the field study notebooks.
We will be going outside most Fridays for 'fresh air Fridays'. Please help your child dress for the weather.
Literacy:
Grade 1s have been continuing their review of letter sounds and how to form letters in printing. So far we have looked at the letters, "S, A, T, P, I, N". Next week I will introduce the following sight words.
Grade 2s have continued to work on alliteration in creating their own tongue twisters to match our letter study.
Math:Both grades have been exploring and working with patterns. The grade 1s have been working on creating repeating patterns and the grade 2s have been challenged with creating increasing patterns.
If you have a chance, check out #tmwyk on Twitter (talking math with your kids). A good way to tie that with what we're doing in the classroom is to look for patterns that you come across during your day and to point them out to your kids.
