A Peek at the Week...

Star of the Week....  Taylor

Math:  This week in math we worked on number writing and focused on the letter 6.  We also worked on decomposing the number 6.  Next week we will begin decomposing the numbers 7-10.  Friday we had iPad math day!

We learned about our Club's Choice Fundraiser and the prizes we can receive!!  

Reading/Phonics:

Letter Focus: P and Q

Snap words: do, he

Comprehension:  This week we focused on the main idea and setting

Storybook Reader:  Amanda read a story that was written by a child in Monticello.  It is called A Long Long Time.   It was about a young child whose father was deployed in Iraq and her experiences while he was gone and how everything took a long long time.

Character Education: This week Mrs. Weninger came and we practiced keeping super flex in our brain.  We reviewed the Unthinkables, Mean Jean and Body Snatcher. 

Next week:

Letter Focus: R and S

Snap words: an, in

Math: Decomposing the numbers 6-10

Daily 5: Introduce Read to Someone

Art lesson: Lines

I will begin assessing some of the students for report card time.  I am looking forward to sharing how much your child has grown!!

A Peek at the Week...

This week in...

Math

We completed our unit on 3D shapes.  We also started our Unit 2 where we will be building our number sense by decomposing numbers.  We will be working with the numbers 6-10.  Friday we had iPad math.  We played the game Squeeze with our ketchup/mustard partners.

Reading/Phonics:

Letter focus: N and O

Snap words: to, it

This was our week 3 of our reading curriculum where we focus on reading fluency and with expression.  Every third week of a unit we practice with a group all week reading a reader's theatre book.  We practiced all week and on Friday we "performed" them in front of the class.

Character Education:

This week we talked about the Unthinkable "Body Snatcher." He gets in our brain and takes us away from the group.  He might tell us to lay down on the rug or get up from our table spots.  

Storybook Reader

Student Readers...we had a special week of readers!!  5th graders came to read to us and we also had Morgan and Collin share a story with us!  Way to go readers!!

NEXT WEEK:

NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY-Teacher's Workshop

LATE START-Tuesday- wear your Irish Pride shirts 

A Peek at the Week...

Star of the week was...Levi!

Math:  This week we were introduced to 3D shapes!  We took a shape hunt around the classroom looking for 3D shapes in the items in our room.  This week we also did a lot of Halloween themed math activities.  We did some candy corn counting and also did some counting with bats.  We also learned about tally marks and to help us understand, we made "the human tally."

Reading/Phonics

Letter Focus: L and M

Snap words: I, on

Reading:  main idea, bold-faced words, table of contents

To study or snap words we learned a new game called "Cat and Mouse!"  A snap word was hiding under a secret word and the cat "Oliver" had to try and find him!  We LOVED this game!!

 DAILY 5:  This week we learned a new part of daily 5 called word work.  We will be doing some work with our letters and snap words.  

Character Ed: This week we learned about "brain eater." He gets into our brain and distracts us and makes us think about other things and not what the teacher is talking about!

Halloween...  We had a great party!  We started the morning by reading the story, Spookley the Square Pumpkin.  We then wrote about what kind of pumpkin we would grow. Next the afternoon was filled with Halloween Bingo, decorate a pumpkin, iPad pumpkin carving and draw a monster rhyme.  Next we went on a costume parade around the school, showing off all of our wonderful costumes!  We then had a special "Frankenstein" pudding treat! Thanks so much for the wonderful volunteers that came to help!  Happy Halloween!