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Highlight Reel #11
Monday, November 7, 2016
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I just found this sitting my drafts! Sorry everyone. This is last week's highlight reel a little belated. :)
This week got lots of reading groups and math groups too! In reading group, we got books that were just right for us. We practiced pointing to the words while we read.
This week got lots of reading groups and math groups too! In reading group, we got books that were just right for us. We practiced pointing to the words while we read.
During shared reading we learned about
retelling parts of the story in order. We
read a book called, “Sunflower” and practiced retelling the story to a
partner.
In math groups, each group focused on a
different skill. Some of us practiced
counting objects or on a 100s chart. Some of us practiced writing our numbers
and knowing the difference between the teens and other numbers. Some of us practiced adding using counting
all and counting on. While groups worked
with me, everyone else played math games with a partner, did math by themselves
with pattern blocks or comparing two numbers and some used ST math. We will add Osmos as a technology choice next
week.
We saw lots of friends at the PTA Lego
movie! It was a fantastic time.
Choice time is not only fun but it is a
great chance for our kids to practice social skills. They learn about sharing, and interact with
peers appropriately, how to work together, persevere with tasks, focus
attention and control emotion especially when they don’t get the choice or toys
that they want! It might seem like play
but this important time allows our kids to practice these things in a safe predictable
environment.
We had two birthdays this week! Happy birthday friends! Thanks for sharing treats!
Welcome to Mrs. Wright’s class to our
newest classmate! We are glad you are
here!
General Announcements:
- · You might notice that I haven’t been sending star cards as much anymore. As the year progresses, the kids are getting used to the routines and expectations and are not needing the direct visual reinforcement as often. We are doing lots of group stars and focusing on how we can improve our behavior choices.
- · Looking forward to seeing you at conferences! If you need another time please let me know. I sent progress reports home in this week’s Friday Folder. We will go over it at conferences along with other observations about your child’s learning. If you have anything specific that you’d like me to discuss, send me an email and I’ll make sure to include it!
- ·
Veteran’s Day/grandparents day is
coming up. Please return the RSVP if you
haven’t already. We want to make sure we
can accommodate everyone. If you have
pictures of family members that were in the service please send those attached
to the blue form asap. We are
excited to get those hung up and celebrate all of our wonderful service men and
women.
Myon reader info
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
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We've been using Myon reader for listening to reading in class. It
is a great online catalog of books that can be read to the kids. Myon reader
can be used at home too on your phone or tablet. For more information click on
this link.
Happy reading!
Week in Review #10 - Is it possible!?
Saturday, October 29, 2016
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We had a busy week!
Thanks for your patience with this weeks highlight reel and comments. My sister had a baby on Thursday and we're helping out with my other nephew!
We’re rocking with Daily 5 reading choice and Daily 4 math choices! For reading the kids get to choose what they would like to work on. They can choose, read to self, read to someone, work on writing, word work and listen to reading with the iPads.
From here your child can login using their
school ID and Password. They have used them both in media and also in our
classroom. At the beginning of the year,
I sent this information home. If your
child cannot remember their login and you would like me to resend it, send me
an email and I can get that information to you.
In class we use QR codes to help us log in. I can send those home as well. Just let me know!
For math, we rotate through all the
choices. Math by myself, math with
technology and math with a partner. Within
each round the kids can choose from a menu of choices. One of the choices is ST math. You can access ST math at home too! Right now we are working on learning how to
use the program so there is no homework assigned. Your child can practice the objectives they
have already covered in class. This will
help them remember their password and remember how the program works. You can learn more about it here.
Congrats Friend! We are so proud of you!
We wrote about what we want to be for Halloween! We are working on using our ABC chart to put
our message on paper. We have started
learning about sentences and planning for what we want to say. Many of us have tried out a complete thought
on paper! I’m super impressed!
We've got some Cubs fans! Go Cubs!
Our party was by far the best party I’ve seen as a teacher! Our room parents went above and beyond. Our kids were so happy and almost stunned when they came to the party. It was a fantastic time. Thank you to all who planned, sent things, and came. Have a great long weekend! See you on Tuesday! Have a save and fun Halloween!
General Announcements:
- · Monday, October 31 - No School
- · Friday, November 4 – PTA Movie night – Lego Movie
- · Monday, November 7 (Evening) - Parent Teacher Conferences. Please check the take home folder for your time. Let me know if that doesn’t work as soon as you can so we can make a switch.
- · Tuesday, November 8 – No School – Election Day
- · Thursday, November 10 (Evening) – Parent teacher Conferences
- · Friday, November 11 – No School
- · Monday, November 14 – Grandparents Day/ Veterans Day celebration – Check the take home folder for details!
- · November 23 – November 25 – No School- Thanksgiving Break
Quick Friday Post
Friday, October 21, 2016
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Happy birthday friend! Thanks for the yummy treats!
Congrats to our October lunch with the
principal friends!
Announcements:
·
This Friday Folder is full! Please send back the parent teacher
conference form as soon as you can so we can get our times scheduled! That will be a great time for us to talk about
your child’s progress.
·
On November 14 from 9-10 am we will celebrate veteran’s day and Grandparent’s day. There will be an assembly and classroom activities too. All children can invite their grandparents or another special adult to join us on this day. We will send more information as the date gets closer.
On November 14 from 9-10 am we will celebrate veteran’s day and Grandparent’s day. There will be an assembly and classroom activities too. All children can invite their grandparents or another special adult to join us on this day. We will send more information as the date gets closer.
·
PTA will be hosting a movie night on
November 4th. Check the
Friday Folder for more details!
Have a great weekend!
Our Little Pumpkins & Other Monday Fun
Monday, October 17, 2016
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Today we read 5 little pumpkins. We made paper collage pumpkins. We talked about what shapes we could use to
create our pumpkin. Then we drew the
shapes, cut them out and glued together our pumpkins. We wrote our title together to let everyone
that walks by know about our work!
(Here we are working on our title for our bulletin board. We wrote the sentence together and used white boards to follow along. Each kid got to come up and write one of our letters!)
We learned that writers say words slow and write all the letters that they hear. After we did our writing, we told our stories to a partner.
On Friday, I sent home our first book
order. This is completely optional. I found a few papers about how to order in my
classroom that didn’t make it into Friday folders. I have attached the note here in case it may
have been your child’s paper that we found.
These will be due on October 24.
You will see some new star cards. We are getting much better at following directions so today we added a new star card. This star card celebrates when students are keeping their voice off at group and remembering to raise their hand before sharing an idea. Today I gave fewer than I have been. I am trying to pull back a little as we are becoming better and better at doing our job. We are working hard to make these habits!
Don't forget that Wednesday is early release! We will dismiss at 12:50. We will eat lunch at our regular time.
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