It has been a fabulous two weeks of color in Room 301! The kids have thoroughly enjoyed coming to school in a different color each day, and on top, getting to wear LOTS of colors on Rainbow Day today! Thank you for your support at home in helping to make sure our kids came to school each day in a certain color. I have to tell you, it made it very easy to find our class in the hallway, just look for the color of the day!
Reader’s Workshop: All reading assessments have been completed and I am very enthusiastic about the growth that our students have been making as a reader. Guided Reading Groups also met towards the end of this week and will meet every day next week and beyond! I have had several questions about the books coming home as the kids get good at “memorizing” the text. Here’s what you can do… You can write the words out on a paper or use magnetic letters if you have them, and practice with them looking at the letters and sounds to figure out the words. Additionally you can cover the illustration and ask them to read to you. It is important though, as our kids begin to learn to read, for them to be able to cross-check between the word, the picture and go back to read the word, as well as to do some memorization of our high frequency words (the, a, said, it, to, etc.). Next week we will be setting our first goals as readers! I’ll be sure to share those with you.
Writer’s Workshop: This week in Writer’s Workshop we have been focusing on a new strategy, “Buzz Groups”. Each child has a writing partner and they spent time “buzzing” with their partner, talking about their writing. They could ask each other questions about their writing, as well as help each other with tricky words. It is important that our students see how partners can help them to improve as a writer.
Math: This week in Math we worked on two different things. We practiced measuring different objects and people around the room with non-standard forms of measurement tools (chains, paperclips, unifix cubes, etc). We also did a fun rainbow activity on Friday where the kids were asked to sort 10 M & M’s by color, and then create a graph of their candy. They LOVED this food activity!!
Important News: Our Valentine’s Day party will be on Monday, February 14th from 1:40-3:10pm in Room 301. Look for a list to come home with your child next week of everyone’s first names. Your child can bring in a Valentine’s Day card for each child (a great way for your kiddo to practice writing their name with an CAPITAL letter to start and lowercase letters for the rest) to pass out the week before Valentine’s Day.
Snack Leader’s Next Week: Monday: Mason; Tuesday: Evan; Wednesday: Alycia; Thursday: Nolan; Friday: Skylar
Have a wonderful weekend… Stay Warm! Mrs. Weckstein
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