WOW...I cannot believe we already finished our first week back after our Thanksgiving break. It went fast! This week, we were busy getting used to routines and structures again while learning lots of things together. Our school focused on safe, kind and responsible behavior and teachers gave out extra large buzzies for students showing all three at the same time. The kids really stepped up. In fact, we filled our classroom buzzy jar again this week and celebrated with lunch and recess together in the classroom.
Writing:
This week, the students continued writing their small moment stories, primarily working on creating interesting and engaging "middles". We read the book "Come Fly With Me", written by Satomi Ichikawa. This is a wonderful story about a toy plane and dog, who venture out on an adventure together in Paris, France. The book is a good example of a small moment story because it only deals with what happens on their trip to a special place in Paris. The students learned how authors create suspense and interest by stretching the story over many pages, by adding dialogue and thinking. We will continue working on this next week when the students will explore sound words and adjectives a little more.
Reading:
The students continued to read books in different series this week and participate in small guided reading groups. We also had the opportunity to visit WCS for the annual Book Fair. Thank you for sending in money with your child with his/her name clearly marked for safe-keeping! If you did not get a chance to go yet, I think they are still open until pretty late tonight.
Science:
We started our study of light this week. The students participated in scientists' meetings and shared observations and questions about light in different forms. We also did a sort, learning about opaque, translucent and transparent objects.
We also had another 4 Winds class. This time, we learned about birds and migration. Thank you parents for providing these opportunities.
Technology:
Our team web-site has finally been added to the new school web-sites. If you did not already, please take the time to check out the new team-site at https://www.cvsdvt.org/Page/300
Have a great weekend!
Maria
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