9/26/22 - 9/30/22
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* Open House will be Wednesday, November 16 (PreK-1) and Thursday, November 17 (2-4)
Schedule for both nights: Tour classrooms 5:00-6:00, Dinner 5:30-7:00
** Remember to send in a binder for your student. We will be starting to add poems next week!
***There will be NO school on Friday, October 7th, and Monday, October 10th.
****Parent/Teacher Conferences will take place during the weeks of October 11th and October 17th. For those who have signed up, be on the lookout for a conference confirmation next week.
Learned about “Starting Corner” capital letters and practiced writing them correctly
Reviewed the Vowels and practiced their short sounds
Learned a “cool” vowel song! (We are the vowels and we are cool, A, E, I, O, U. You learn about us when you come to school, A, E, I, O, U,...)
Created classroom Rules and Expectations in order to help create a kind, safe community in our classroom where everyone can learn and achieve their goals
Made a Thumbprint Promise to try our best to follow our new rules and expectations
Learned new strategies for solving story problems in math
Started learning about and practicing subtraction and counting backward
Our caterpillars have completed their transformation into beautiful monarch butterflies! Our classes came together to release them and sing a song as they departed for their long migration trip
Began our first writing unit “Small Moments” which focuses on learning how to write personal narratives
Started brainstorming ideas for small moments that we could write about
Began learning about “Just Right Books” and tried to choose some for our personal book bins
Learned about taking a “sneak peak” and “checking our sneak peak” during reading workshop
Read “The Little Blue Engine that Could” and had a wonderful discussion about believing in ourselves and saying “I think I can…” when trying to do things that feel hard. We drew and wrote about something that feels hard to us and practiced saying “I think I can, I think I can…”
Had a Social and Emotional Wellness lesson with Ms. Spaulding and learned about our brain as well as ways of interacting with others.
Started to learn about the Zones of Regulation and how to regulate our emotions
All of the beautiful butterfly life cycle projects that our students did are on display in the library for everyone to see. If you are in the school, be sure to check them out.
