Dear Families,
Here is our week in review:
Social-Emotional Learning:
We filled the classroom buzzy jar again for being safe, kind and responsible. This time, the student chose to make friendship bracelets. We created them out of yarn and beads. I hope they shared them with you at home!
We had more opportunities to play math games with partners and read together outside. We love spending time together and share our thoughts about the books we read. As we slowly integrate more collaborative activities, we will continue to focus on developing skills for turn-taking, sharing of ideas and understanding different perspectives.
Reading:
The weather was fantastic this week so we brought our book boxes outside to read! We had so much fun reading in our guided reading groups outside!
We started partner reading this week too. In partner reading, the students read books together with a peer. We have a special partner reading library with books that have already been matched up and books that we have two copies of, so each student has his/her own copy. In partner reading, we primarily focus upon developing a love of books, sharing literature and reading aloud to improve our fluency.
The students are doing a great job reading along the Iditarod Trail. Thank you for sending these logs into the classroom on Tuesdays! We have two more weeks to go!
Writing:
This week, the students continued their animal research writing. We continued our work on making sense of the information learned and revoicing it before writing it down. The students also added a picture of their respective animals’ habitat. Lastly, we started comparing our own height/length to that of our chosen animal of study. One student modeled this in class for us. The animal (an orca), we learned, can grow up to 26 feet. We measured this out in yarn and compared it to the height of the student (whose height was also represented by yarn). It was amazing to see how big some of these animals can grow!
We also wrote letters to our pen-pals and to Ms. Danielle, a teacher at ABS who will leave us for a job as a teacher at another school. We will miss her so much and we wish her all the best! Thank you Ms. Danielle for helping us at school!
First Grade Math:
First grade mathematicians worked on adding multiple addends. They also continued developing a deeper understanding of place value, exploring numbers past 100. We used popsicle sticks to show the difference between 12 and 21, for example. We also used popsicle sticks to show the difference between 101 and 110. When we use popsicle sticks to build our numbers, we bundle them into groups of tens and groups of 100.
First grade mathematicians also played a game called “Pick two to make 10” and “Pick two to make 20”. This was a game we played as a class; teacher versus students. (They won both games!) Ask your child to explain how we played this game.
News from Ms. Love, our school nurse:
Tick Prevention and Control Recommendations
The following prevention and control recommendations may be implemented in accordance with local school guidelines and regulations:
Personal Protection: Initiate personal protection by wearing long pants, long shirt, hat, gloves, and boots (covering lacings). Daily tick checks (personal inspection), and showering immediately with a washcloth is also important.
The CDC (2013) recommends the use of a repellent with DEET (N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide) to be applied on skin, depending on the age of the person, and application according to label directions. Repellents containing 20% or more DEET can protect up to several hours. Always follow product label instructions when applying any repellent. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides approved protection times for skin applied insect repellents at http://cfpub.epa.gov/oppref/insect/.
Clothing: Products containing permethrin kill ticks. Permethrin can be used to treat boots, clothing, and camping gear; it remains protective through several washings (CDC 2013).
Please contact Nurse Love with any additional questions or concerns at slove@cvsdvt.org
News and Reminders:
We switched our essential arts again this week. We now have PE on Mondays and Tuesdays and Enrichment on Thursdays and Fridays. Since the weather is getting warmer, we will most likely go outside for PE. Please make sure your child has appropriate outdoor clothing. Mud-pants and rain boots are great. Extra socks, pants and indoor sneakers are great too. Thank you.
Please make sure your child’s chromebook is fully charged at home before returning it to school. We use it almost every day now in writing class. Thank you.
Here's a link to this week's Bell.
Have a great weekend,
Maria
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