Posted by Alissa | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on September 30, 2015
Reading Workshop is up and running and soon you should see reading plans coming home that look like this, if you haven’t received one yet. While children are working with me in small groups for reading instruction, the rest of the class is working independently on reading related activities. When the kids finish their reading plans, it is sent home and they start a new one. Here is a glimpse of some of the things they are doing:
Handwriting PracticeReading quietly on their own Reading quietly with a partnerWriting or rereading one of their own stories Pebble Go (non-fiction stories on the computer) Lexia
This week we also started meeting with our 4th grade reading buddies. We will get together with them many times this year to read together, attend assemblies together, share our writing or other final project work celebrations.
Very exciting news! Our butterflies have emerged! Overnight at least 8 caterpillars left their chrysalis stage and now we have new butterflies to observe and talk about.
This week for 2nd Step (our social curriculum) we talked about how to show kindness to others in our classroom. Each child met with a partner to brainstorm three ways to be kind to another friend. Then each team presented their answers to the group. Look for this coming home in the folders. It’s a great way to begin a conversation with your child about how to be kind to others at school.
Today was a very busy day in first grade. We looked through books to come up with a list of what insects need to survive in their habitat. Then using paper, oil pastels and watercolors, each child made an insect habitat triorama. Tomorrow we will glue in all the real bugs we have found and attach labels to them. We will show them to you next Wednesday at Open House! Looking forward to seeing you there!