Hello!
I'm happy to share that we have had another great week! This week brought first MAP assessments, our first gem jar filling (YAY!!!) and more!
TOMORROW (Friday) will be "Stuffy Pajama Day" because we filled our gem jar for "choosing kind!" Students can bring 1 stuffed animal that must fit in their backpack and can wear their pajamas to school if they would like! We will introduce our stuffies, read with our stuffies and also "put them to bed" for a portion of the day during some of our learning : ) Participation is optional. If students forget a stuffed animal and want one, I do have extras here in the classroom.
A few items:
September 7th at 6 pm is our Curriculum Night. This will be in person this year vs. virtual and recorded in previous years. For those that can't make it, I will share the presentation out via email as well.
Please note that fall conferences will be on Oct 11 and Oct 12. Click here to sign up for a parent teacher conference. You have plenty of time to sign up, but I like to provide the link early because I know the fall is a busy time of year and some people like to plan in advance when possible. The sign up document contains information on dates and times available as well as in person or virtual preferences. I can't wait to talk with you about these amazing students!
Please see below for some pictures!
Thanks!
Wendy
2 final friends to make their number collage and add to our birthday wall!
We started buddy reading! We talked about the expectations for buddy reading, sitting "elbow to elbow and knee to knee" so both friends can see the book, etc. They LOVE buddy reading : )
In math, our emphasis was on showing numbers. We can show our math thinking in many ways! This is an example of how "6" can be represented in many different forms. In class, I may often say "can you show me another way?" as we practice understanding and using all the ways that we represent numbers. Down the road, this will also transfer to the tools we can use to solve math problems (number rack, 10 frame, our fingers!, tallies, etc.)
Gorgeous recess time!
This week, we read a lot of wordless picture books. We talked about how these "wow" pictures, full of details, can tell a story without words! This is GREAT for oral storytelling and to help our first graders see that they can "read" a book if they can't read the words (yet)! The image above is one of the books from today that they loved. This book actually has words. First, we read the book with the words covered up. We used the pictures to understand the story! Then, we read the book again with the words! Our story matched! At home, sitting with a book and "telling the story" based on the pictures is a great pre-reading skill and absolutely a good use of quiet reading time. Next week, we will transfer this conversation to our writing by talking about how to draw "wow" pictures and ultimately, multiple pictures with a beginning, middle and end that tell a story.
From the picture: "they are playing a game and the cow just kicked the ball. They are having fun. The ball looks like it is going over the heads of the mouse, duck and pig."
Whisper to your child and ask them what voice level that was! These are the voice levels that we use throughout Hopewell, and we had FUN doing phonics and reading poems as we practiced the different voice levels. They are EXCELLENT at "Level 0 in the hall" - yay!
Just in case you are curious, here is an outline of our day. Sometimes I do flip the main workshops if the activities dictate a shift because of whatever we are doing. But, for the most part, we follow the above schedule.
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