Read all about our week!
Literacy
Treasures:
This week, in Treasures the children worked with words containing r-blends (br, cr, fr, gr, tr). Their stories for the week were all about pets. The children read both fiction and non-fiction pieces about different kinds of pets and the things they need and do. They made predictions both before and during reading. The children worked with identifying the setting and discussing who the characters were and what they did in the story. This week, we also worked with finding the main idea and supporting details. We continue to practice sequencing events, retelling the story in the order that it took place.
Grammar Packets:
The children continued to work with sentence structure in our grammar packets this week. They worked with question and exclamation sentences. They are working really hard on remembering to begin their sentences with capitals and end them with either periods, questions marks, or exclamation marks.
Super Sentences:
On Friday, the children turned into super sentence heros! Each child created their own super sentence hero mask. Using their graphic organizers from earlier in the week, they chose one telling, asking, and exciting sentence to glue onto their mask. The children had a lot of fun with this activity and enjoyed sharing their sentences with one another.
Writing
This week, the children continued to work on their narrative writing pieces. They reread their story and worked on adding detail. The children have worked very hard to be “brave spellers” and stretch out the words that they don’t know how to spell. They also had a chance to meet with a writing partner. Each partner had the opportunity to share their story, after they discussed what they liked about each others stories and shared ideas for zooming in even further. Next week, the children will publish their small moment stories.
Math
In Math, the children were introduced to change to less number stories. We started with one amount of cups, took a few away, and then ended with less cups. The children learned how to write a subtraction number model. They worked with a partner to create twelve subtraction number models. They each rolled a die, recorded both numbers (remembering to put the higher number first), then subtracted the lower number to get their answer.
On Tuesday, the children worked with pennies and nickels to show amounts of money with the least number of coins. They also practiced adding to find the sum of 3 numbers.
On Wednesday, the children reviewed all the concepts from Unit 2 using Mimio vote. They were very excited when our room once again turned into the set of, Math Review, Mimio Vote! The children became the contestants and played the game using their very own clickers.
They did a great job on the math test on Thursday!
Science
The scientists continue to enjoy the hands on science lesson. They are very engaged and have wonderful discussions with one another on the different topics.This week, the scientists worked on three different science lessons.
On Tuesday, they studied the leaves they brought in from their nature walk. We started the lesson by creating a KWL on leaves, the scientists listed all the things they already know about leaves and then generated some questions about what they want to know about leaves. We will add to the L section as we learn new things about leaves. After, the scientists worked in their table groups to sort a pile of leaves by their own chosen category. Some of the categories were color, texture, shape, size, and shine. Each scientist then chose one leaf to study on their own. They drew a detailed picture of the front and the back of their leaf, labeled it’s parts, recorded a measurement, and wrote down what else they observed about their leaf in their science journal.
On Friday, the scientists were very excited to study Gold Fish. They began by focusing on how we breathe, they noted how our chest rises and falls and what parts of our body we use to breathe. The scientists then studied a diagram of a Fish and discussed the different body parts. After learning all the body parts, the scientists took turns coming up to the board and labeling the body parts on a picture of a fish. Then the scientists worked with a partner to observe their very own Gold Fish. Using a magnifying glass and ruler, the scientists recorded information about their fish. They worked very hard and drew detailed diagrams, making sure to label the parts of their fish. All the scientists wrote down additional notes on what they learned from observing their fish. The scientists had a great discussion at the end on how the fish, crickets, and brine shrimp are similar. They talked about how each of these animals breathe.
Enjoy a slide show of our science photos from this week!
Star Student
Connor was our star student this week. Thanks Connor for sharing all about you!
Royal Reader
Thank you to Connor’s Dad, he joined us this week as our Royal Reader. The children enjoyed listening to three wonderful books, The Hallo-Wiener, Where the Wild Things Are and Alexander and the Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
Notes:
- Don’t forget to read and return your purple poetry folder!
- Just a reminder to send in your field trip form and money, if you have not done so already.
- Next week is Red Ribbon/ Character Counts week. Each day we will review one of the six pillars. The children will learn that the week is about making safe and healthy choices for our minds and bodies and about treating others in a way that is safe and healthy for them, too.
- On Tuesday, the children will learn about Caring. Please have your child wear red to show they care about the Dryden community.
- I look forward to seeing you at Pumpkin Craving this Friday, October 26th at 1:00. Please bring a big spoon to scoop out the pumpkin seeds!
Have a great rest of the weekend!
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