Dear Families,
Here is our week in review:
Social-Emotional Learning:
We participated in conversations around kindness, empathy and safe bodies this week. We reviewed our social distancing norms (due to Covid) but we also talked about the importance of solving problems appropriately; with safe bodies and calm voices. We also reviewed our calming tools and strategies. We have learned so many new ways to manage big feelings this school year, for example, yoga, desk rests, mindfulness breathing and tracing, and visualizing something that makes us happy and relaxed. Hopefully, your child can also utilize these skills and strategies at home and outside of the classroom.
Literacy:
The students did an amazing job during our district-wide reading assessment on the computers. Thank you for charging their chromebooks ahead of time. It made a big difference.
During other literacy times this week, the students continued to develop skills and strategies for decoding unfamiliar words. They are doing great navigating between guided reading groups, word work and comprehension tasks. The students are also encouraged to think about the plot and what makes sense in the story. In other words, thinking about the story, the characters and what is happening can sometimes also help us figure our challenging or unfamiliar words.
We started our new classroom read aloud book. It is called “Wonderous Rex”. It is written by Patricia MacLaughlin. The story is exciting and this book contains many interesting words so we can be “word detectives” together as we listen to the book.
First Grade Math:
This week, first grade mathematicians continued their work on writing and understanding equations with missing addends and subtrahends. We matched these equations to story problems and showed our thinking in pictures.
We also completed a mid-year math assessment.
First grade mathematicians also worked on the number sequence, counting forwards and backwards. We added another decade to our numeral scrolls. The students are currently working on counting forwards and backwards by ones and tens, starting from different numbers. They are also working on finding the number before and after any given number. They are doing a great job.
Lastly, first grade mathematicians began work on place value. They are encouraged to find groups of 10 and some more in the numbers we are working on. We use unifix cubes, rekenreks and popsicle sticks for this work. Stay tuned for more information as we dig deeper into these concepts of place value.
Science:
This week, we deepened our understanding of how shadows move and how the amount of light we have relates to seasons. The students used flashlights and paper gnomes for this activity.
News and Reminders:
Report cards will go out on Friday, January 29th. They will be packed inside your child’s backpack. This year, our report cards will look a little different due to the challenges we have all had due to the Covid lockdowns in the Spring, the hybrid model in the fall and social distancing restrictions. Our school will include a parent letter describing the report card and its components. As always, please reach out to me directly if you need help/clarification after you have received your child’s report card next Friday.
Please send in your child’s Moon Journal by Friday, January 29th. Thank you.
Please see the linked letter from Nicole Pfende regarding our Bus Rules. This is a great review for all children riding the bus. Thank you.
Here's a link to this week's School Bell.
Have a great weekend,
Maria
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