In Reading Workshop, we recognized that it's sometimes still hard to read one another's writing. So, our new unit, Writing for Readers, will help us clean things up. We looked at pieces that were hard to read and easy to read and we noticed how they were different. See the photo below. Now that we are writing full sentences, we'll be writing true stories.
In Reading Workshop we recognized that books are going to get harder and harder and we need to be prepared for the challenge! We're going to super-size our super powers in this next unit, Bigger Books, Bigger Reading Muscles. We looked at books of different levels and noticed how they got harder.
In math, we've been strengthening our 1:1 correspondence. We also worked on counting forward and adding one more. We used our fingers and the number line to help us.
We are all becoming engineers at science time! We read a book about a child engineer and discussed what engineers do. Now we're helping Dr. Forshaw solve his "Playground Problem". Ask your child about his/her plan to keep the playground cool! We visualized a structure, drew out our plans, and we'll build it on Monday!
News and Notes:
- Book sleeves due Monday
- Scholastic orders due Tuesday (by the end of the school day)
- NEXT FRIDAY is POLAR EXPRESS DAY!!! Look for a small, blue note coming home today for more information.
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| Engineers exploring their building materials before making their plans |
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| Various plans to build a shelter |
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| Using fingers to represent numbers and add one more |
