Sight Words: little, would
Reading:
Comprehension Strategy: This students are learning what it means to visualize. This is an important skill because it keeps readers engaged during read alouds. If they are thinking about the words that are being read they can understand and picture what is happening in their head. To introduce and practice this skill students were introduced to the concept with a visual poster. We discussed what visualizing was and then we practiced with a short story where they were encouraged to draw a picture of what they heard. Throughout the week we practiced by listening to stories and thinking about what the pictures look like without seeing the book.
Accuracy: This week we continued learning about words with 2 vowels. This week we made lists of words with -ui and -oa. We watched videos, made lists,
Vocabulary: This week we read the story Oscar and the Frog. In this book students learned about how plants and animals grow. We added the following words to our chart: bank, gills, hatch, shrink, starred, and tadpole.
iPads: This week students went to pebble go to learn about insects. After learning some facts about insects students went to Chatterkid and recorded as many facts as they could remember about that insect.
Writing: This week in Writer's Workshop students learned about pronouns. We used our chart to learn what pronouns are and how we use them in our writing. We even practice replacing nouns with pronouns using dry erase boards as a class.
We also made a list of other movies and TV shows that we liked as we brainstormed topics we could write about. Students saw more examples of how to write a movie review with the planning page and then take the planning page to create the final draft.
Math: This week in math our skill was to find 2 ways to decompose a number. We practiced this skill a variety of ways including using 2 sided counters, drawing a picture, and using math tools with a number bond. The 2 sided counters is a strategy we have used before with ways to make 10, so students were able to do this easily.
On Wednesday we learned how we can draw a picture to find out 2 ways to decompose a number. We started with making dots. If we rolled a dice and landed on 6, we would make a line of 6 dots. Then we would draw a line somewhere inbetween the dots to show 2 groups. Then we would make another row of 6 dots and do the same thing showing a different way to decompose the number 6. This is sometimes a strategy many students chose to use because seeing it and making a picture like that helps.
Vocabulary: This week students learned the word decompose. Decompose means to break apart into 2 groups.
iPads: For ipads students used popplet to show ways to make 10. We will be doing the same task next week but for different numbers 1-9.
Content: This week we started our 2 week insect unit. We learned what an insect is and completed our chart as a class. We also started our butterfly observation journals. Each day students will record what they see in our jar in their journal using book creator. They work in partners and will watch and observe how the caterpillars change and have a better understanding of the lifecycle of a butterfly.
SEL (Social Emotional Learning): Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
This week we started our 2 week unit about honesty. We started the week by reading the story "Lying Up a Storm". Students learned about the importance of telling the truth and how people aren't as upset you with when you tell the truth. We then listened to a story from PeekaPak about a girl named Menka who lied to her friends about a science project. We talked about her feelings and how lying made her feel really bad. We also listened to a song that talked about honesty and finished the week with a Pinocchio activity that helped us determine if stories were a lie or someone told the truth. Each lie that was told we added a block to his nose and watched it grow.
NEXT WEEK:
Reading: Students will...
-learn words in the -ay and -ai families.
-learn how to cross-check when reading.
Writing: Students will...
-learn how to make fancy words out of regular words.
-continue writing opinion writing.
Math: Students will...
-learn about the word compose.
-use number bonds to show ways to compose numbers.
Content: Students will learn continue to learn about insects.
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