I hope you had a wonderful week & had a chance to be outside in this beautiful weather. We'll be taking our Friday spelling test on Monday, to give students extra time to work on their words.
Supplies: We are in need of paper towels and white cardstock.
Here is a re-cap of what we did this week:
Reading: We had our normal reading centers this week focusing on word work, reading “just right” books, handwriting, and composing sentences. We read, “The Pigeon Wants a Puppy,” by Mo Willems. We will continue reading Mo Willems’ pigeon books over the next few weeks.
Writing: We are working on our opinion unit. We began writing an opinion piece about what pet would be best for the pigeon. Students have to come up with three reasons for their choice. We have also been discussing what an opinion is and why it’s okay to have different opinions than our peers. We are working on respecting each other’s opinions.
Math: This week, we have been focusing on telling time to the half hour. Students are learning the different ways one can represent time to the half hour. I encourage you to help your child at home tell time and discuss the difference between a.m. and p.m.
Science: We had a lot of fun during our science block this week. Students learned how sound travels. On Monday, we made paper cup telephones and tried to make the sound vibrations reach the other end of the phone. On Tuesday we had lots of fun creating colorful kazoos. Yesterday, we read the book, The Girl Who Heard Colors, by Marie Harris. It is about a student who has an extra sense called, synesthesia (being able to hear the colors of music, voices, and other sounds). After reading the story, students listened to classical music and painted the colors they saw as they listened to the music.
Fred Wolfe will be coming around to the different classrooms within the next few weeks to do writing activities with the students. He is an expert at teaching writing to kids. Teachers will get the opportunity to observe him and take our new knowledge back to the classroom.
Have a wonderful weekend! Andrea
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