Believe it or not, we are already halfway through the first quarter! I will be sending home Mid-Quarter Reports in your child's Tuesday Mail Folder. Please make sure to read over the report and send it back to school signed the following day.
Don't forget school picture day is Wednesday. If you would like to order pictures, please make sure your child brings the picture order form back to school with them by Wednesday. Also, there will be no school on Friday due to teacher professional development.
In reading, we have been working on asking questions before, during, and after reading non-fiction books. We have been recording our thinking as "I wonder statements", and then reflecting back as we read to see if our questions have been answered. This strategy helps children monitor their comprehension as they read. The students learned lots of new facts about snakes during the process!
We had an exciting week in writing, as the class finished the publishing of their first writing workshop pieces. We celebrated our accomplishment by having a "gallery walk". Students displayed their personal narratives on stands, just like pieces of art. Children moved around the room reading each other's work and leaving positive feedback for their peers, as soft music played in the background.
In math, the students have been learning about algebra with addition and subtraction. They have been learning how to write and solve expressions and equations both with and without variables. We have also been studying the properties of addition. Next week, we will wrap up Chapter 4 with learning how to balance equations and review the unit for a test.
We have started our science unit on ecosystems. Each child should have a bag of vocabulary flash cards behind the science tab in their binders. Students should be studying these words throughout the unit. It can be easier to start with a few words and then add on words as we move through the concepts. I have been recording the suggested words to study on the nightly assignments. The children are currently working on a class activity that allows them to learn about animal adaptations by camouflaging "butterflies" to help them survive in their ecosystems.
Children got to meet their first grade buddies from Mrs. Owen's class this week. While getting to know each other, they also practiced the habit of being proactive from Leader in Me. They worked together on how they could solve common problems that might arise at school and home.
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