Week of February 25-March 1

Greetings from the Youngest Friend's room!

We had another great week together! This week kicked off the beginning of March is Reading month. We celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday this Friday with our very own green eggs! We also made Dr. Seuss books that went along with the story Green Eggs and Ham. Student's filled in the missing words and drew pictures to go along with the story. We read several Dr. Seuss books this week, including Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, The Foot Book and many others. We loved learning about Dr. Seuss and his love for rhyming words!

We love our green eggs!

Reading and writing in our Dr. Seuss books!

In reading this week we studied the short /u/ sound. We did a picture sort with the short /u/ and the short /o/ sound. Students sorted the pictures depending on which sound they had. We also continue to study word families, sight words and complete our fix-its. Students are becoming more fluent in reading as they begin to build their sight word vocabulary. Please continue to study sight words at home, I love seeing the kiddos grow each week! As we continue to work on fix-its and reading each week, students are very familiar with concepts of print. They now understand many aspects of punctuation, including the question mark, exclamation point, period, quotation marks and the comma. Try to talk about these marks while reading with your child. Also, environmental print is everywhere. You can talk about what different signs say while you are driving, what the cereal box says, what commercial logos say, etc. Students are beginning to understand that  reading is a part of their every day life.

Working on on our spelling words and reading activity.

In writing this week we continued to work on writing small moments. We also conferred in partners for the first time this week! Once writers finished writing their small moments, they met with a partner and shared their story. They then heard feedback and gave feedback to their partner. They talked with each other about how they could make their writing even better. Students did a great job with this! Once they had gotten feedback from their partner, they went back to their small moment story and revised it. Some students found they had so much to write they needed more room and paper. In that case, we staple more paper to their story and they continue to write until they are finished. It is so fun to read their stories. At this point on the year we can really see our writers have come a long way. Great job writers!

Conferring in partners during writing time!

In math this week we worked on building teen numbers using ten sticks and then building different equations using the number 10. Students worked in partners using ten centimeter sticks and centimeter cubes. They chose a teen number, built it using these math manipulatives and then wrote the equation with it. For example, 19 needs one ten centimeter stick and 9 centimeter cubes. Therefore, 10+9=19.

Working in partners on our math equations!

In Science this week we continue to discuss the many aspects of motion. This week we focused on force using a push or a pull. We discussed the difference between a push and a pull. Students also reviewed what happens when we move a ping pong ball with a golf ball. Our young scientists concluded that a golf ball can move a ping pong ball when you push the golf ball toward the ping pong ball because it is heavier. Students wrote their conclusions in their science journals along with questions they want to investigate next week.

Reading and spelling on iPads during Friday Fun Centers!

Fun in Brain Blast!

Notes/Reminders:

-Please send a change of clothes to school with your child to keep in their locker

-Please send your child to school with the appropriate winter gear

-Please send your child to school with a snack every day

Have a great week!

Ms. Monica