It is great to have the opportunity to sit down and talk to you during our conferences and share your child’s progress in learning. It is also nice to look at writing pieces together and books we have published. I look forward to seeing those parents I have not met with yet tomorrow and Monday. Thank you for you involvement in your child’s learning and support of our classroom community.
Earlier this week, Team Harmony had a visit from two exchange students from France and Germany. Their names were Lauren and Pauline and they shared many different aspects of their cultures with the students. We got to see pictures from their native countries, listen to short stories in their languages and we even learned some new phrases and words. The students learned to say “Thank you” in French (merci) and “Happy Birthday” in German (Alles Gut). We even got to taste some yummy treats from these two European countries.
The students continued their character studies this week and we are currently working on making personal connections between our book characters and ourselves. Through conversations, discussions and writing, the students are encouraged to explore when they are acting, saying or thinking what the characters in our books are doing, saying or thinking. They even wrote some postcards to different authors, which we mailed in our classroom mailbox. Please ask your child to explain this mailbox and how we use different writing prompts to make literary connections.
In Writer’s Workshop the students continued to stretch out their small moment stories. They are now learning to write interesting stories with a clear beginning, middle and an end. We use different colored paper to help us through this process. Please look for these stories in the near future.
In math, the students continued to explore number sense, picture problem solving scenarios and strategies in both 1st and 2nd grade. First graders read our published Storyjumper math book and they also worked on it in class using our laptops. We will create other books soon as we explore counting by 5s and 10s using sea stars and crabs as our characters!
I will not send out a newsletter next week and our week is very brief. Please encourage your child to communicate with me and the rest of the class on our KidBlog. I hope that all students will share about their Thanksgiving holiday traditions and customs, perhaps even post some pictures. Thank you for helping your child stay connected digitally.
Have a great rest of the week and a wonderful Thanksgiving break.
Regards,
Maria McCormack
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