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Literacy 

Treasures:

This week, the children worked with long e (y). The children read different folktales. They worked with analyzing plot and summarizing. The children worked together to summarize the story as we read each part; beginning, middle, and end. During listening station, the children listened to the tale, When Turtle Grew Feathers. They summarized the story, writing one sentence for the beginning, middle, and end. 

Fancy Nancy:

On Thursday, the children were excited to work with Fancy Y. 

They learned that Y is fancy when it sounds like an E at the end of a two syllable word. 

As we read the story, Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy, the children created a chart of all the Fancy Y words they found in the story. After reading the book, the children added more Fancy Y words that were not in the book. 

During Daily 5 time, the children created their own list of Fancy Y words complete with illustrations. 

Grammar Packets:

This week, the children reviewed contractions. A contraction is a short way of saying and writing two words. They learned that many contractions are formed with not. An apostrophe (‘) takes the place of the letters that are left out. 

Math 

In Math, the children enjoyed another round of Math Review Mimio Vote. They reviewed all of the concepts they learned during Unit 6. Our room once again turned into the set of a game show as each child answered questions using their very own clicker. On Wednesday, the children took their Unit 6 test. I am proud of how well the children did on their tests! 

On Thursday, the children took their 2nd Trimester Assessment.   I am proud of how hard the children worked and to see the growth they have made during this trimester in math. I will share these assessments with you at conferences.

Today, we started Unit 7. In this unit the children will work with Geometry and Attributes. In today’s lesson, the children worked with attribute blocks. They worked to sort attribute blocks according to different attribute rules (color, shape, and size). 

This week, the children also enjoyed playing, Coin Exchange. The children worked with making coin exchanges and counting money while playing the game. 

Science

This week, the scientists enjoyed discovering facts about four different penguins: Emperor, King, Chinstrap, and Crested. The scientists researched the penguins by listening to books, watching video clips, and highlighting important facts on a fact sheet. The scientists compared and contrasted the different penguins. They noted important features of each of the penguins. Their favorite penguin today was the Chinstrap penguin, they liked how these particular penguins look like they are wearing a helmet.

Next week, we will continue our penguin research. We will investigate 6 additional penguins. The scientists are very excited to choose their favorite penguin to research further. They will gather information and write a report on their penguin at the end of our penguin unit.

Star Student

Danny was our star student this week. Thanks Danny for sharing all about you!

Royal Reader

A special thank you to Danny’s dad, he joined us this week as our Royal Reader. The children enjoyed listening to the two stories that Mr. Centracchio read, Memoirs of a Goldfish and Peanut Butter and Homework Sandwiches.

Have a great weekend!