Mrs. Henry's Classroom: Newsletter 10/26

We activated more super powers in Reading Workshop this week. "Snap Word (sight word) Power" helps us to anchor our pointer fingers. Snap words help us make sure that our pointer finger is touching the word that our mouths are saying. When a reader says a snap word, his/her finger should be pointing to it while tracking. We also learned "Picture Power"! If I don't know a word, looking at the picture is one of the most powerful ways to help. Encourage your child to look at the picture when s/he is stuck on a tough word. We also read the poem "Five Little Pumpkins", highlighting snap words and making sure to read it with 1:1 word correspondence.

We started writing Show and Tell books about places we've been this week. We learned that we can pick a place to write about, and each page in our book can describe a different part of that place. Then, we can draw and write about each part, adding sight words, and even adjectives to our writing.

We finished studying number nine this week and we're focusing on "more than" and "less than". What number is one more than 3? What number is one less than 6? What number comes before 5? What two numbers come after 7? We're using number lines to help us with these skills. We're also working on establishing 1:1 correspondence while comparing amounts.

We continued our study of severe weather in our science lessons this week. We went down the the library and researched our weather and recorded our findings. We enjoyed using the library website, PebbleGo!, to help us with our research.

Last, we played a fun Halloween teamwork game with our 5th Grade Buddies. We had a skeleton building relay race!

Thank you to our wonderful pumpkin carvers and to Mrs. McAnany for roasting the seeds! What a treat!

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