This is a busy time for many families and it's also a busy time in school for our class! We have many exciting things coming up including visitors from China sharing with us and a visit from a great author/illustrator!
Important information:
- Thursday, December 7th, is an early release day with dismissal at 12:30.
- If your child is going to be out as it gets closer to the holidays, please let us know so we can plan accordingly.
- Be sure to send in the right clothes for outdoor play as the weather is getting colder!
3, 2, 1 things you should know about our week...
3 activities we worked on in math were focused on place value with hands on activities including estimating and counting cubes with different lines and shapes, working with Base-10 blocks to show our understanding of hundreds, tens, and ones, and learning a new game called Race to 100 to understanding the meaning of what many of you probably call "regrouping".
2 literacy skills we've been focusing on are identifying non-fiction features (such as labels, captions, index) and their purpose as it relates to the individual story and identifying what's most important in the text.
1 activity we've been working on more often is using paintings from our country of study (U.S.A. right now) and delving into Visual Thinking Strategies. The conversations between students has grown quite a bit and it is amazing to hear their ideas laid out clearly and with meaning as they express WHY they THINK something. They've developed skills on how to show agreement and disagreement and we've all realized that there are many different opinions in our class and that's what makes this strategy so interesting.
Below is the painting from Grant Wood that we used this morning:
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