- learned that we can spend time reading our alphabet linking charts. We talked about different ways to read these charts. A few examples are: point and name each letter in alphabetical order, point and name each letter in random order, point and name each letter and say the sound it makes.
- learned that readers think about how a character is feeling and make their voice match that feeling.
- read with our first grade reading buddies in Mrs. Boutin's class. We will read with our first grade buddies once a month.
Last week during Writing Workshop we began our Looking Closely unit. We:
- spent two days outside looking closely at and drawing one tree and all the details we observed. We then labeled the parts and details of the tree.
- learned that scientific writers look closely at objects. We spent time looking closely at our nature objects and describing everything we noticed to a buddy.
Last week during Math we:
- learned a new game, Addition Top-It. In this game, children choose two cards and find their sum. They compare their sum with their partner's sum, and the child with the larger sum keeps the cards. Children used colored chips to help them with the addition.
- played Race to the Apple Tree.
- played Teen Cover, a game in which one partner covers a teen number on a number line, and the other child needs to guess the covered number and write that number on a whiteboard.
- started learning about number stories. We spent two days learning about addition and subtraction number stories. Students used individual whiteboards to draw pictures and write their answers.
- learned about symmetry and painted symmetrical designs.
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