Classroom News

Literacy

During Writer’s Workshop, we have been wrapping up our unit on Small Moment Narratives.  We use the words First, Next, Then and a Reaction to help prompt our writing on each page.

This week we have been learning how to add on to a story.  We were specifically practicing how to add talking bubbles and more detail to our sentences.  We were taught to think about how we were feeling and who we were with when we were recalling our small moments. I am pleased at the progress that I see happening each week!

Sight Words of the Week:

can

as

Math

During math we have been practicing knowing our 10 frames “in a snap.”  I taught the game “Around the World” to the children, which has become an all-time favorite so far! Students compete to say the 10 frame number correctly, as fast as they can.   I have changed around the way that I do math centers to help manage the class and make sure that all students are on task.  Our structure is as follows: Whole group mini lesson, then we break off into 3 groups with Miss Beck running a group that reiterates the previous lesson, Miss Bourgea running a group that follows up with the mini lesson and then the third group is working independently on Dreambox or another fun activity. 

Behavior

This week was an excellent week in the classroom!  For four days in a row, we had NOT ONE SINGLE person on the yellow light!  This is especially wonderful considering how crazy this time of year can be.  The class earned a special Fun Friday activity for doing such a wonderful job being respectful and staying on task!  

Important Dates:

There will be no school for children Nov 23-27 for Thanksgiving Break

November 23^rd and November 24^th: Parent/Teacher Conferences