Proud to be 100 days smarter!
How many sits can you do in 100 seconds?
How many rings can you string in 100 seconds?
Block stacking challenge in 100 seconds!
How many hula hoops spins can you get in 100 seconds?
Working together to stack 100 cups!
Look at these love bugs!!
Important Dates and Reminders:
February 22&23: No School
February 27: Family Night: Music, Melodies and Masterpieces- 6:00pm (notice the time change)
Here is a peek at the (short) week:
Math: Mathematicians will be working on inspecting equations this week. We will discuss how the equal sign can come at the beginning of an equation (16=10+6) or at the end of the equation (10+6=16). The goal is for students to start to understand that equations are made of part-part-whole. We will also start to build fluency with subtraction. Mathematicians will discover that they can use the same strategies for subtracting as they did for adding. These strategies include:
- Using their fingers
- Drawing a picture
- Building it with tools
- Telling a math story
- Visualizing a math story
These are all great ways to start when working toward fluency!
Reading: The nonfiction books have been a huge hit in our room! It's so fun to listen to the students ask questions and share knowledge about the topics they are reading about. This week, we will take that work a step further by asking students to share the information by retelling, acting like a reporter, and having conversations about their books with partners. We will use the following conversation starters to help students carry on with their partner.
- I wonder....
- Maybe...
- I agree/disagree because...
We remind students that a having a conversation is like riding a seesaw; you take turns going back and forth!
Writing: There will be a strong connection between reading and writing this week! As nonfiction readers, students learned that they can ask questions while reading and even try to answer them! Since we are writing nonfiction books, we can use this chart to add more to our writing as well.
First, writers will read through their books, asking themselves if they answered questions readers might have on each page. Then students will sit with their reading partners, read the books they wrote, and allow their partners to stop and ask questions--just like we did in reading! The partners will work together to try to answer the questions to add more to their piece of writing.
Social Studies: We will use this week to continue working on social skills with an emphasis on being kind. Students will take a self evaluation and think about how they can be a better friend, work hard to follow the rules, etc. The assessment looks like this:
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