Wish Trees

On Wednesday, we had a school community meeting to learn about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Mrs. Olson then read aloud the book The Wish Tree, and students wrote a wish they have for Rowe School.  Their wishes are hanging on artificial trees in our atrium, showcasing Rowe School's very own wish trees!

This week during Reading Workshop we:

• learned the names of the vowels and the long and short sounds of each.
• learned Flippy Dolphin, a strategy that reminds us to "flip the vowel sound" if one sound doesn't sound right in a word.
• learned that when readers get stuck on a word and they think they've figured out the word, they go back and reread the sentence or page to make sure it sounds right and makes sense.
• learned that readers think as they read.  When they finish reading a book, readers should think about and tell what the book was about.

This week during Writing Workshop we learned that:

• writers make a plan for writing, telling their story before writing the words.
• writers point and tell the words they are going to write on a page, then as they are writing the words, they can go back and reread what they've already written to help them remember what to write next.
• writers can use blends and digraphs when writing words.
• illustrators can show how people in their story were feeling by drawing facial expressions.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

This week during Math we:

• learned more about the equal and addition symbols and practiced solving number stories.
  
  
  
  
  
• learned about tally marks.  
  
• played a game called "The Growing Train Game" to help us practice adding.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

The children have been excited to read books at home each night.  Please help your child remember to return his/her books every day so new books can be brought home.  Thank you.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Katie