Today, we started partner reading. Partner reading is a time when we choose books from our special partner reading library in our classroom and read books out loud to a friend. Since we read out loud, we can focus on fluency, intonation and general tone of voice. We have a great variety of books so the children also have an opportunity to explore different genres and interests. As the year progresses our partners change and our reading tasks and responses also change.
We are spending time getting to know each other on team Harmony. We have played "friend bingo games", scavenger games and participated in different get-to-know you greetings. Here are some pictures from our outdoor games, activities and recess.
First grade mathematicians in my class and in Mrs. Benoit's class enjoyed ice pops today. We are learning to count by twos and our ice pops were twin pops. Ask your child to tell you about our paper ice pop graph in class and how we came up with different strategies to figure out how many popsicle sticks we had in total.
We had our first reading buddies with Ma. Davidson's class today. We meet with her Kindergarten class every week to read books.
We had our first math class yesterday. First graders stay with me for math and they are joined by some first graders from Ms Crowley's class. Second graders have math with Ms Crowley. Math homework will not be sent home for at least another week or two.
We had our first library class yesterday. Please look for your child's books in his/her backpack. Every week we select two books to take home. Library books are due back the following Monday.
Dear Families, Here is our week in review: Social-Emotional Learning : This week, the students learned about how they can use their assertiv...
