Reader's Workshop
We learned this week that readers need to get their minds ready for reading. Just like an athlete needs to stretch before exercising, readers need to 'warm up' their minds!
We also continued practicing Read-to-Friend. We learned how to choose our own partners this week! Ask your child to show you how to do this! We built our buddy stamina to 16 minutes!
Word Work
We learned 5 new popcorn words this week: you, and, come, up, & do. This week we focused on a concept called "If you know ____, it helps you know ______" This is working with word families, but also finding the 'chunk' within longer words. The children could easily differentiate the words they could write using the word family. Look for this in your child's folder today!
Writer's Workshop
We finished up our launching unit and began small moments on Thursday. I will be sending home your child's writing portfolio on Monday. (I hope you will be as impressed as I am with their writing!)
We began our unit by reading the story A Chair For My Mother. This is a true story written by Vera Williams. She gives A LOT of detail when she tells her story. We discussed how different here story could have been if she hadn't included any detail.
We ended our week by rereading the story and trying to find details that showed Vera's sense of sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. We want to include all our senses when we write!
Math
We started unit 2 this week which focuses on everyday uses of numbers. This week we focused on using the number grid to help us count up and back,
This week was also fire safety week. Officer Short came to speak about ways to be safe.
We loved meeting Ember! She helped model how to stop, drop, and roll, and also how to get out of your bedroom safely if there was ever a fire!
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