Thursday, April 27, 2017

Week of April 24th

Reading Challenge # 2: 
Traveling Book Bag

Emma Grace's writing from the books in the traveling book bag!


 Ryan's writing from the books in the traveling book bag!


Sadie Mae and her mom's writing from the books in the traveling book bag!



Writing Challenge #1:
Write down someone's news.

Lilah shared her news!



Writing Challenge #2: 
Write a note to someone.

Anjali wrote a note!


Writing Challenge #5:
Our writing challenge for next week is inspired by many of the kids in our class.  Have your child write a "how to" book to share with the class.  This may be something that they are passionate and knowledgeable about.  For example, a child could write directions for how to make a cake.  They will likely use the words "first", "then", "next" and "last".

More Reading and Writing Done at Home: 

Ella wrote down a song that she knew and then performed it for the class!



What We've Been Learning



Reading and Writing: I can read to find facts about animals.  I can research facts about animals. 
This week we started learning about how to research something that we are interested in.  I worked with the media specialist to plan instruction.  This week I modeled how to read about animals on PebbleGo and then write in our own words what we learned on a recording sheet.  We have been working in small groups to learn more about an interesting animal.  We will present on Friday and then next week each child will choose an animal and research on their own!  We will also introduce how to use books as a resource too.






Math: I can describe the position of objects. 
Here are some of the math tubs that we have for the kids to explore.  All of the math tubs include activities to reinforce what we have been learning in this chapter about position and more practice with adding and subtracting fluently.

Students had to use position words to try and find where a friend's counter was on the board.  It is kind of like the game Battleship!


Students took turn being the teacher and the student.  The teacher would show an addition or subtraction problem and the student would write down the answer.  The teacher would then check their work and help the student when needed!


Students played Simon Says with position words!  "Put the bear above your head".


Students played games on the iPad to practice addition and subtraction fluency!


Sunday, April 23, 2017

Week of April 17th

Reading Challenge #2: 
Traveling Book Bag

Campbell's writing from the books in the traveling book bag!




Justin and his mom's writing from the books in the traveling book bag!


Gabby's writing from the books in the traveling book bag!


Hope and her mom's writing from the books in the traveling book bag!


Reading Challenge #7:
Our reading challenge this week is to get a nonfiction/ informational text and go on a scavenger hunt to see how many informational text features your child can find and explain.  You could even see who can find more informational text features, you or your child.  Some text features your child might notice are labels, bold words, table of contents, index, glossary and headings.

Writing Challenge #1: 
Write down someone's news.

Mary Mac shared her news!



Campbell shared her news!


Writing Challenge #2:
Write a letter to someone.

Colton's letter to Mr. Lizard and the house that he built for him!




Writing Challenge #4:
Write about something you have done or will do.

Campbell's writing about an experience that she had!


Anjali's writing about playing with her friends!



More Reading and Writing Done at Home:
Parker sent in an informational article about chicks!


Ella took the books that she wrote to create her own bookstore!


What We've Been Learning

Shared Reading: I can use my strategies to read texts. 
This week we used multiple reading strategies to figure out words that were covered up.  We looked at the pictures, the first letter in the word and thought about what would make sense.  The second day we worked on reading fluently and not sounding like a robot.


Writing Workshop: I can write an informative story.. 
We finished up our informative writing unit this week.  We celebrated our growth as writers during our writing celebration!









Science: I can observe fungi.
This week we did an experiment to see if we could grow and observe mold on bread.  Each day we observed the bread and recorded our observations.  We also read books about fungi.