Dear Families,
Here is our week in review:
Social-Emotional Learning:
It was hot earlier this week but certainly cooled off!! The students did an amazing job staying calm and focused during our busy week at school. We focused a little extra on showing empathy and kindness to everyone around us as we noticed that we all experience discomfort in different ways. I am so proud of these kids!
We also filled the classroom buzzy jar again. This time, the students voted for an immediate reward so we cleaned up from reader’s workshop and started free choice/explore time. The students played games, drew pictures and helped decorate our classroom for our Arctic Habitat celebration.
Reading:
We started cleaning out our book boxes this week. The students returned guided reading books (books we have used in our small groups) and they practiced putting back choice books to our classroom library.
The students also started cleaning out the crates. This week, I am sure you noticed many extras inside your child’s backpack (spelling packets, trick word booklets, pictures and other assorted activities your child worked on at school). Today, your child also packed up their scrapbooks, animal research and habitat creations.
Here is a great summer reading opportunity from Phoenix Bookstore, if your family is interested. Thank you Mrs. Clopton for sharing!
Writing:
We continued writing some poetry this week. The students listened to the poem “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein and made a bookmark reflecting some of their favorite parts/words from this poem.
We also had our end-of-the-year celebration with Ms. Patti. She came in for an afternoon of celebrating our collaboration this year around vocabulary and words. The students have a beautiful Word Wizard Certificate inside their scrapbooks for you to see.
First Grade Math:
First grade mathematicians used playdough this week to learn more about 3D shapes and their respective attributes. It was so fun exploring together and creating these shapes. Here is the playdough recipe if you wish to try it at home too.
News and Reminders:
Our last day of school is Tuesday, June 15th. This is a half day for students with dismissal at 11:30.
I hope you all received the placement email I sent out earlier this week with a copied letter from the school. The school apologizes for the glitches for why it did not go out sooner. Thank you for your patience and understanding. All students in my class will be transitioning together as a whole class to Justine Benoit for second grade. Mrs. Benoit and I plan to continue to work closely together as a cohort around science and team-building activities and projects (like we did this year). I will teach second grade Fundations. All other classes will be taught by Mrs. Benoit for the second graders.
Here's a link to this week's Bell.
Have a great weekend,
Maria
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