Was anyone able to make it to Dancing with the Staff this weekend? I did! What a fun show filled with positive energy! All of the dancers did such a great job! I really hope the event returns next year!
Now it's back to normal, chilly March weather. Last week was such a tease but at least we know that warm, sunny, summertime weather is just around the corner!
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS:
Team Blowey has done a phenomenal job raising money during the hop-a-thon! So far, we have a total of $58!!! Thank you so much for any and all of the contributions you were able to make. The money is definitely going towards a good cause!
CHECK OUT THE BOOMERANG FOLDERS! Today, there will be a golden paper describing our new Flat Stanley project. The paper is asking for the name and address of someone who is willing to participate in our "Flat Kid" exchange (more details on the paper). Please fill these out and return to school as soon as possible.
There is also a pink parking lot that was sent out on Friday (some students forgot them in their mailboxes over the weekend) asking for your feedback on spring conferences. Please take a few minutes to fill it in. All of your comments will be used to make future conferences even better. Your input is greatly appreciated!
This week in...
Phonics: We are learning the schwea sound. Basically this means that sometimes the letter "a" can make the /uh/ sound. For example, again. We practiced with the following words: alone, ago, again, away, alike, agree, above, awake, idea, and comma. We also practiced clapping out the syllables in each word. It was a lot of fun!
Vocabulary: Our new vocabulary words are: vast, oceans, areas, voyage, and planet. We'll be figuring out what these words mean, how to use them in a sentence, and also building connections to each of the words. Then, we'll listen and search for them in a short story called Continents and Oceans and again in the short story called Record Holders!
Comprehension: We will be reviewing the strategy of summarizing a story to help us remember what happened in a story. When we summarize, we are practicing being able to pull out the most important parts of a story and being able to retell them in our own words. To build off of this, we will also be reviewing main ideas and supporting it with details. We will practice these skills while we read Columbus Explores New Lands.
Grammar: This week we will be working with possessive nouns. Possessive nouns show who or what owns something. For example, its, our, your, my, his, her, and their. We'll be doing some practice sentences together and then students will have the chance to practice on their own with a short weekend.
Writing: As you'll see in the boomerang folders, we are working on our Flat Stanley project. Students will have the chance to create their flat selves and also practice letter writing. We are very excited!
Also in writing, we are working on wrapping up our Sideways Stories. This week, students will work on typing their own individual stories. I will help them with some of the typing, editing, and formatting before we begin to print our very own copy of Sideways Stories from Room 10 written and illustrated by Team Blowey!
Math: This week we will begin to wrap up our whole group lessons on solving word problems with tens and ones and start to unpack our next standard. The next standard is:
I can solve word problems with unknown change using strategies I've learned.
In order to meet this standard, students needs to show the following:
1. I can understand what a word problem is asking me to determine.
2. I know if there will be more or less at the end of the story.
3. I can write a number equation that will help me solve the word problem.
4. I can solve the problem using strategies including:
-using cubes
-number line
-relationship between addition and subtraction
-tens and ones
5. I can show you what strategy I used and I can label my thoughts.
Read aloud: We are continuing to read Every Thing On It by Shel Silverstein. It's a book fully of silly poems that make us laugh and make us think! It's been a great experience for us to be able to practice inferring and supporting with evidence. Shel Silverstein so often has you read between the lines! That's a big part of what makes his poetry so great!
Other news:
Last week, Mrs. Thibodeau was able to come to our classroom to talk to us about disabilities. We read a wonderful story about a boy with muscular dystrophy and his service dog. When the story was over, students had a chance to work on a venn diagram comparing themselves and someone they know with a disability. It was a great experience to be able to recognize some of the differences but an even greater experience to realize how much we had in common!
Have a wonderful week!
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