Hello 1-1 families! What a lovely greeting I had on Monday morning from all the children. It was wonderful to see all their smiling faces and see how much they have grown over the past several weeks. Thank you to all of you for the warm welcome back emails and letters!
We had a short but busy week! Read all about it below!
Literacy
This week, the children worked on identifying Realism and Fantasy in texts. They learned that realism means real and fantasy means fake. We read the books, Plantzilla and A Tree is a Plant. The children identified both realism and fantasy elements in the texts. They recorded their evidence on sticky notes as we were reading and placed them on our Realism Fantasy chart. During our second reading of, A Tree is a Plant, the children also worked on identifying the main idea and supporting details of an excerpt from the text. On Thursday, they worked with a partner to read the article, Lots of Leaves. As they were reading, the children recorded the main idea and supporting details of the article on a graphic organizer.
Writing
This week, the children continued their Expository Writing unit. They took their facts from their graphic organizer and began publishing one page for each fact heading. Next week, they will complete their pages and turn them into a nonfiction book all about their animal. The children are also illustrating detailed pictures of their animal. You may even notice some picture captions and labels in their nonfiction books!
The scientists worked hard this week to complete two exploration lessons. On Monday, the scientists enjoyed a lesson on seed dispersal. They learned that seed dispersal is the way that a seed travels away from the parent plant. The scientists watched a short video showing the three ways that seeds are dispersed: by animals, wind, and water. After they worked together to complete a seed sort where they had to move different seeds into the correct seed dispersal category.
On Tuesday, the scientists continued their study of seeds, they observed and dissected a Lima bean seed to see what was inside. Then they prepared the Lima bean and some corn seeds to try and sprout in a moist paper towel. Over the next week, the scientists will observe and monitor the growth of the sprouts.
Math
This week, we wrapped up Unit 8. The children were excited when our classroom once again turned into the set of Math Review Mimio Vote. Using their own clickers, the children reviewed the concepts we worked with during Unit 8. On Wednesday, the children took their Unit 8 Assessment. They did a nice job on the assessment and I am so proud of them!
On Thursday, we started Unit 9. The children worked with finding patterns on the number grid and naming missing numbers on the number grid.
I hope that you have a wonderful rest of the weekend!
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