Dr. Seuss

We enjoyed many Dr. Seuss read alouds this week!  The children loved listening to the silly rhymes, plots, and characters.  On Wednesday, we had a school community meeting to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday.

This week during Reading Workshop we:

• learned that readers use the pictures to add to their understanding of the words.
• learned that many nonfiction books include pictures with labels.  The labels can help us better understand what the picture is teaching us.
• reviewed that readers check for understanding as they read.
• learned that when two vowels are next to each other in a word, usually you hear the name of the first vowel (the long sound) and the second vowel is silent.

This week during Writing Workshop we:

• edited our how-to books.  We learned to edit for finger spaces, capital letters at the beginning of sentences, punctuation, correct spelling of popcorn words, and lowercase letters where they belong.  Children also worked to make sure their books included pictures with labels.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• chose one how-to book to publish.  We spent Thursday and Friday working on these and will continue this process next week.  Children are creating a how-to poster from one of their books.  The rest of their how-to books will be sent home next week, so be on the lookout for those!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

This week during Math we:

• practiced subtraction by playing The Disappearing Train game.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• worked on finding combinations of ten through a game called Ten Bears Hiding.
  
• practiced writing and counting tally marks.
• combined subtraction and addition into one game: The Growing and Disappearing Train game.
• worked with a partner to tell and solve addition and subtraction number stories.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Enjoy this first weekend of March!

Best,

Katie