We did some great work in reading groups this week. Not only did we learn about strategies but we did lots of comprehension too. Some groups learned about inferring, others learned about making connections. I am going to try having the kids bring their reading group books home over the weekend to read to you. When your child is reading encourage them to point to each word as they read. If they are stuck on a word, you can tell them to check the picture, tap it out, or reread and think what might sound right using the first letter as a clue. Please have them read it a couple times and then put it back in the reading bag and send back to school on Monday. If this goes well, I'd like to try to send a reading group book home every other week!
(A couple of cute library pictures.)
We have been diligently writing our non-fiction books. This week we used three fingers to plan our facts and we told our facts across three pages. After this, I realized that many of the kids were still having trouble coming up with facts. So we learned about using the words, can, are and have. We made a chart together about butterflies using these word to help us tell what we know. Then we used the chart to write our own non-fiction books. Some of us chose butterflies and some of us used the words to teach about other things. There were books about boxing, pools, cheetahs, beta fish, Tyrannosaurus Rex and more! Ask your child to tell you some facts that he/she wrote.
In math we learned about counting on. We practiced doing it verbally and we also learned how to show this work on paper. I am super impressed by our kids number sense.
On Friday, we had our citizen of the month assembly. Congrats to this friend!
We also had a special dental health presentation to learn all about how we can keep our teeth healthy. We learned to brush twice a day for two minutes each!
Things to note:
- Please send your reading logs to school on Monday. I will collect them and send a new one for March.
- We will have our next brown bag lunch on May 12. I know this is still far away but I wanted you to have the date.
- On March 2nd your child may dress up in their favorite Dr. Seuss wear to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday.
- March 7 will be an early release day. School will be dismissed at 12:50.
- Kindergarten registration will be here at Beulah on March 9. If you know someone with a kindergartner send them our way!
- March 14 - Math Night at BEU. Come and join us for some fun! 6:00-7:30
- March 27-31 - No School - Spring Break
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