October has started off strong, I feel we have routines and expectations all in place and the whole class has begun to show me what wonderful, curious, and hard working learners they all are.
Important information:
- If you'd like to donate some paper towels to our class, we would greatly appreciate it! Those clean up spills so well.
- There is no school Monday, October 8...enjoy this day with your family.
- If you have not signed up for a conference yet, please let me know and I will send you the link to do so. Thanks!
3, 2, 1 things you should know about our room this week...
3 math activities we worked on were deciding if the cubes were enough for the class, identified which subtraction facts we knew and which ones we were still working on, and we practiced our coin counting and trading skills when we played Collecting 50 cents with 2 partners. Many students said they knew the subtraction facts so I challenged them to be speedy in saying the answer and those that weren't so speedy would be those to practice. The students are really loving math workshop and so am I!
2 social skill problem solving areas we've been really focusing on is cooperation (What does it look like? How do know if we've cooperated today? Tell about someone who showed cooperation today.) and whether something is a Glitch or Disaster. This will help us identify what is something that might not go our way, but it's really something with a quick or easy fix and then we can move on or do we need help moving on from a teacher or a friend, and responses and strategies we can work on when we feel something is more than a glitch.
1 new piece of information for families is homework! Each night we are expecting students to be reading for 20 minutes. Reading can look like your child reading in their head, reading out loud, reading with a family member, taking turns reading, or even listening to a story read by you.
Additionally, this month, students will bring home today the Heritage Bear Project. Please read it over with your child and work on it with them by the 22nd. This is something that you should talk about together, brainstorm together, but the final project should be something made by the students. In class, they will present their bear and we will learn so much more about each of our classmates!
Here's a peek at what math looked like this week:
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