This weeks greeting was Jambo (Kwaheri from Tanzania)
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This week in school....
Reminder
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This week in school....
- Cody shared about his weekend with Gerald. Eleonora is taking home Pigeon this weekend. Have fun Eleonora!
- We celebrated Eleonora’s birthday!
- We started writing every morning in our daily journal.
- Bile, a fifth grader who had Mrs. Schwarm in first grade, came and read to our class. He is moving to Africa next week. He has a brother in first grade.
- We earned extra recess for being rock stars.
- We started having Fundation teachers. Ask your child what this is.
- we added two new poems to our poetry binder.
- we read with our classroom buddies.
- We only have ONE more friend for star name!
- We learned how vowels make more than one sound. We know that if we sound out a word and it doesn’t sound right or make sense, we can try the vowel another way.
- we talked about how to be persistent with our reading and push ourselves to try to figure out tricky words.
- we learned a new greeting called the fairness stick greeting.
- we started unit 2 in Fundations. We are learning how to tap words out to read and write.
- our caterpillars made a chrysalis. We observed them and wrote about it in our science journal.
- We learned about the life cycle of a seed.
- we learned about the difference between a watermelon story and a seed story. Ask your child to tell you about this.
- We met impulsive puppy in our second step lesson this week.
- we learned how to count on from ten.
- we learned how to break teen numbers apart using a number bond. Ask your child to show you how to do this.
- We used ten frames to make teen numbers.
- we learned about bus safety and had a bus evacuation practice.
- we had a star math assessment.
- we learned about JRBs (Just Right Books).
- Too Hard: There are 5 or more words per page you don’t know. Reading sounds bumpy and slow. You don’t understand what you read.
- Too Easy: You know all of the words. You put no effort into reading the words. Not using any muscles and not getting any stronger at reading.
- Just Right: There may be 2-3 words per page you don’t know. You understand and enjoy what you are reading. Your reading is mostly smooth and it FEELS GOOD!
Reminder
- October 12 - Fairy Tale Fitness
- October 25 - early release day