This week is the Week of Respect. Please refer to the flyer emailed home last week about what your child should wear each day to go along with each day's theme.
Here's what we were working on in the classroom last week :
Reading : We continued to develop our reading stamina so that the students can read for longer and longer periods of time (thus, getting more and more practice reading). We came up with a few ways that may help the students read for longer periods of time. We spoke about sticking with one book (rather than casually, and mindlessly, flipping through one book after another,) closely examining the pictures, giving the characters voices, thinking about the book, and re-reading books you've already read.
Last week the students also got their own book bins and reading spots! Ask your child where his/her reading spot is.
Writing : The students have done a phenomenal job picking up the structure and work ethic of writing workshop so far. They are all working on writing stories about events that have happened in their lives. Last week, the students worked on the very beginning of the writing process - coming up with an idea and getting it down on paper. We'll fine tune that a little bit over the next few months, but so far they're going a great job!
Math : In math, the students reviewed numbers and how to compare numbers on a number line. They also learned all about tally marks and how to represent various numbers with tally marks.
Science : We started our first science unit of the year last week! This unit, we'll be learning all about the sun, moon, and stars and that patterns that naturally occur.
Social Studies : This week, the students will get a first chance at using their Block Buddies Atlases, which is one of the resources that we will use to learn about social studies concepts this year. We'll start talking about communities this week.
Technology : The students are becoming pros at logging on to their Chromebooks and navigating their ways to our Google Classroom. So far, we've been focusing on refining the students' trackpad skills. We've gone over clicking, double clicking, clicking and dragging, and scrolling. Next week, we're moving on to keyboarding skills!
Here are some pictures of 1-Bu last week. (If you do not see your child's face, it is either because you have not given permission for your child's photo to be posted online or because you haven't completed the form on Genesis about photographs. Please, please, please log on to Genesis to complete this form so that I can continue posting pictures this year.)