Dear Families,
Here is our week in review:
Social-Emotional Learning:
We continued to work on building our community of learners by focusing on belonging and friendship this week. The students are doing a great job taking care of each other and our classroom. They are helping out with their different jobs and reminding each other to do their part. They are encouraged to use their polite assertive voices in case of a conflict and use self-regulation if needed. They are very comfortable with using our “Calming Corner”, breathing techniques, or simply taking a quick desk rest.
Ms Nicole joined our classroom again for another restorative circle. We always start the circle by doing a quick self-check to see which zone we are in. ABS uses these zones to help children identify and validate feelings. This week, we discussed what makes us feel like we belong. The students shared that being with kind people, people who listen and people who help make them feel like they belong.
The students participated in different activities and games to practice collaborative skills. This week, we also talked about the importance of being a good friend during clean-up time and the importance of taking personal responsibility during this time.
The students filled the buzzy jar in our classroom again. We had so much fun playing and learning with our stuffed animals!
Reading:
The students continued rotating between our reading stations. This week, they participated in guided reading groups, Lexia, and independent reading, which also included trick word practice. They are doing a great job staying focused on reading for longer periods of time.
We continued reading our new chapter book/series “Big Foot and Little Foot’.
The students finished our district-wide reading assessments on iReady this week too! WOW, what an amazing job they did, reading online. I am so proud of them all.
We started reading buddies. This year, we will meet with Mr. Deyo’s class every week and read books together. Last week, we visited their classroom. This week, they came to us. It is wonderful to see our second grade readers as leaders, helping our young Kindergarteners read and enjoy books. Here are some pictures:
Writing:
This week, the students wrote stories about our “Open House”. They were encouraged to add detailed information in their writing piece. We used “the 5 Ws” as a visual model, which is a representation of a hand to help young writers stay on task. Each finger has a different word written on it so the students will remember to add pertinent information to make their writing more interesting. Here is a picture of it. We used little plastic hand shakers, however. Not only did they help our authors add more to their writing, they made fabulous sounds when moved around. It was like we had an orchestra in our classroom!
Math:
The students finished our district-wide iReady math assessments this week. They did an outstanding job and persevered through all the tasks and challenges. I am so proud of them all.
During the month of October, we will focus on number bonds and the different parts and wholes of numbers in our Number Corner. The students will review some of the number bond concepts from last year and expand their understanding to include larger numbers, integrate expanded forms and learn to represent “part, part, total diagrams”.
We continued working on finding 5s and 10s and making efficient calculations. The students used nickels and dimes to help add and subtract.
News and Reminders:
Parent-teacher conferences are coming up. I offer times/slots starting next week. Here is the link again in case you need to sign up or change your time. Let me know if these times do not work for you and your family. We will find another date/time. Thank you. I am looking forward to seeing you all.
We have no school on Monday, October 10th (Indigenous Peoples” Day)
There is no school for students on Tuesday, October 11th (Parent-teacher conferences)
Have a great weekend,
Maria
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