I hope you all enjoyed listening to your child read their "just right" books this week. The children were so excited to tell us who they read to and how happy you all were.
Here is what we have been up to this week:
Readers' Workshop: We spent some time looking at more challenging books and talked about their characteristics. The children noticed more challenging books have; more words, new words, less pictures, longer words and more print that gets smaller. They are excited to tackle some more challenging books.
Writers' Workshop: We ran a little behind with writing this week. Our writers added cover pages to their list books and we wrote a class list book. Our Narrative unit will begin next week.
Math Workshop: The children began their journey into 2 digit numbers. We have been working on sequencing numerals 10-19. The children noticed all teen numbers begin with a 1 (have a 1 in the tens place) and they noticed 10,11, and 12 are rule breakers! They don't have "teen" in their names.
Visual Arts: Everyone painted peace signs to celebrate the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They have also been making and painting snowmen.
Science: Our force and motion unit began with some time to explore with a variety of building supplies and many different balls and vehicles.
Books We Read: Martin's Big Words, Thelma the Unicorn, Hello Snow!, Ten on the Sled
Donation Request: Valentine stickers
Up-Coming Events:
- Word of the week- like
- Handwriting- t & a
- Phonics- j
- No school- Monday, 1/15
Enjoy the holiday weekend!
Kristen
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