Fall

Poem: I Have, You Have
Sight Words: have, will

Reading: This week we did a lot of review. We discussed what Daily 5 Reading should look like and started by making our Read to Self I-chart. Each day we practiced building stamina and we continued to read longer and longer!

We worked on beginning and ending sounds. We used picture cards and wrote down the beginning and ending sound next to each card.

We also reviewed the characters and setting within a story. After reading a story we recalled where the characters are (setting) and who the story was about (characters).

Our word family this week was -ed. We watched a short video and brainstormed more words that had the -ed ending.










Writing: This week we learned how to create a picture using shapes and lines. We practiced this skill as a whole class using dry erase boards before returning to our tables to apply it in our writing folders. We also learned how to label our pictures with beginning and ending sounds. Students watched as Mrs. Keller modeled the right way to draw a picture and label.



Math: This week we made our Math by Myself I-Chart. After discussing the expectations of working during math, we practiced writing and representing numbers while building stamina.





Content: This week we learned about fall and leaves. We made a chart at the beginning of the week with characteristics of fall and then we went on a leaf hunt. With our leaves, we did a leaf investigation. We then ended the week with our very first STEM activity. Students were encouraged to use the materials given to them (29 candy pumpkins and 30 toothpicks) to construct the tallest tower. They worked in groups of 3 and together decided the best plan to get their tower to stand the tallest. Before starting we discussed the expectations when doing a STEM activity and what it would look like and sound like.













Grandparents Day: We had so much fun with our grandparents Wednesday afternoon. The afternoon was filled with laughter and and smiles as we made candy necklaces, read stories, played games, ate cookies and more!
















NEXT WEEK:
Reading: Students will...
-learn words in the -en word family.
-compare and contrast within and among stories.

Writing: Students will...
-practice stretching out big words.
-learn about a true story.

Math: Students will...
-complete a Halloween themed STEM project.

Content: Students will learn all about spiders!

Fire Safety

Poem: Where Am I?
Sight Words: go, am

Reading: This week we learned about text features. Nonfiction text contains common features such as titles, headings and subheadings, captions, maps, diagrams, charts and graphs, legends, bold and italicized text, glossaries, indexes, and cutaways. When reading we recognize and use these features to help us understand what we are reading.

To help in our understanding of the many different text features within our books, we made a chart with illustrations. Now we are constantly on the look out for text features that will help in our understanding!

This week we worked with the -am word family. Check out this video to hear some of the words we read this week!






Writing: This week we practiced taking a picture with our mind! We have a lot of sight words and we work throughout the year to read and write them fluently. This week we practiced taking a picture while looking at the sight word, then remembering what we saw and writing it down. This is a strategy we will use all year.



Math: Our vocabulary word this week was sort. Sort means to put like things together. We learned that we can sort many different things including types of food, types of clothing, etc. In math we are encouraged to sort by color, shape, and size. When sorting by shape students should put all triangles together, all squares, all circles, etc. The size and color of the shape is irrelevant when sorting by shape.

When sorting by color and size we usually use plastic bears. We have 3 different sizes of bears. Students are asked to sort by size, meaning to make 3 piles and put the bears that are the same size together. Same thing with color. All the red bears go together, all the blues bears, and so on.



Content: This week we learned about Fire Safety. We learned that it's important to have a plan in case of an emergency and the action steps to take.









Lastly.. Mrs. Keller returns on Monday!! I am super excited to be back in the mix at the Mill! If you could just remind and prepare your child on Sunday night that a different kind face will be greeting them at the classroom door Monday morning, I would appreciate it.


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NEXT WEEK:

Reading: We will...
-be reviewing Daily 5 & cafe.
-building stamina.
-brainstorming words that belong in the -ed word family.

Writing: We will...
-be reviewing Writer's Workshop.
-be writing simple sentences to match our pictures.

Math: We will be...
-reviewing Math by Myself.
-building stamina.
-learning about the position of objects.

Content: We will be learning about leaves and fall. Be on the look out on instagram to see all the learning that is going to be taking place, but to also see us on our leaf hunt and ending the week with our pumpkin STEM project!