Hello families,
This week in our classroom we have begun the reading assessment for i-ready!
Today every student was able to log in and start. Once the test is complete students can begin i-ready lessons. I will let you know when they can access the lessons and work on them at home.
In reading workshop this week, we continued to build our skills. We worked on giving a book a sneak peek. Some students gave book talks to the class after reading a book to help encourage other readers. We worked on building our stamina for reading and went from 20 minutes to 25 minutes of reading to self! We practiced talking with a partner and using prompts to begin a discussion about a book.
As students read independently, I have been able to assess students one on one.
In writing, we are continuing on with our small moments/personal narrative unit of writing. We used a mentor text, Owl Moon, to discuss ways Jane Yolen writes. We tried to stretch out one small moment and really zoom in on details in our writing!
In phonics this week we have worked on snap words! Last year students learned popcorn words, snap words are similiar. They are words we can read and write in a snap. Every student has a snap words book to keep in their writing folder. We played I spy with our snap words, we did a snap words speed reading test and we looked for snap words in our own writing and fixed them up if they were misspelled!
Next week we will begin learning r-controlled vowels. These are new for most kids and some will be tricky. We will look for patterns and use them throughout the week:, ar, er, or (example, car, tiger, fork).
In math this week we have been working through Unit 1, which is a bit of a review from last year.
We began the week looking at equivalent names for numbers and learned how to do "Quick Look" card. We played fishing for ten and practiced making combinations of 10. We tried out a math game on the EDM 4 website. Yesterday we learned the value of a quarter and played two games. Some of the class played the exchange game and some played the penny-nickel-dime-quarter grab! Please practice counting coins at home and use the EDM 4 website to revisit games for extra practice.
In social studies we are continuing to learn about communities. We made a booklet of all the communities we belong to (school, home, church, sports). We learned about the three main types of communities: urban, rural and suburban. Please continue to have your child practice their address complete with zip code and their phone number! At the end of this unit they need to know it and be able to write it independently!
Please turn in your field trip permission slip and one dollar for Dairy Queen if you have not done so.
Upcoming events:
Sept. 27 - Field trip to the Dairy Queen, police and library - please let me know if you are coming, you must fill out the background form to go with us.
Sept. 30 - no school
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