This was the week of Respect. Although we had some fun activities
like wearing boots, hats and wearing our shirts backwards, we have
discussed what respect means and what it looks like. We even had our
first Guidance lesson about respect with Mrs. Fletcher, our guidance
counselor.
This week in math we focused on addition
skills. We practiced number stories. We are trying to build our "fact
power." Let them explain that to you. We learned a shortcut for the +9
facts, too.
We have begun to make connections in
reading. The students were able to tell one another the connections
they had to our book of the week, Asha in the Attic. In writing
we looked for inspiration outside and then wrote stories about what
inspired them. This was a great start to our story writing. Next week
we will be learning fun ways to begin a story!!
I
am sure the students would agree that the most fun we had this week was
in science. We started talking about motion and to demonstrate motion,
we created tops. We even made special designs to see what would happen
to them when they were spun. You can create these at home. You just
need a small cardboard circle and a skinny straw. Next week we will be
making zoomers!!
Remember that Monday is a day off for the students. Tuesday is our trip to the Firehouse. Have a great holiday weekend.
