Saying Goodbye to our Butterfly Friends!

What a lovely week! Wonderful weather and fun things happening in the classroom make for a quick week.

This week we said goodbye to our butterfly friends. We took a walk to a nice grassy area right behind our soccer field and let our friends free. While it was sad to say goodbye, we know our butterflies will be happier outside enjoying nature.

During Reading Workshop we:

• Continued looking for popcorn words as we read.
• Practiced pointing to each word and tried to make a sound for the letters we know.
• Talked about what we read.
• Met with our first grade reading buddies for the first time!

During Writing Workshop we:

• Practiced planning what we are going to write by telling a friend the story first.
• Added feelings into our writing.
• Worked on creating a strong setting for our stories.
• Continued to share our stories with the class.

During Math we:

• Learned about number stories.
• Talked about rectangles.
• Practiced counting forward and backwards.
• Continued working with Cuisenaire rods. 

Our tech specialist, Mrs. Wolinsky came in on Friday to teach us about iPads! Each student was able to use their own iPad. Mrs. Wolinsky taught us how to use an app called Letter School and then students were able to practice. We are lucky to have four iPad in our class and will be using them during math and literacy station time starting this week!

Have a lovely week,
Jenna