We're Awake, Alert, Alive, Enthusiastic

Week Three was Fantastic! We have been SO busy! Here is a quick update of what has been going on in our classroom!

We started our reading series and read our first story The Hat. We also started a couple of reading groups to get everyone reading some books at their own levels. Last week we began Daily 5 and launched Read to Self. The students have been reading steadily for 9-12 minutes which is AMAZING! This week we launched Read to Partner. We will continue to work on this next week and then add in writing! We also completed a writing project about our favorite hats, created an at book, and talked about sequencing. We took our first spelling test and comprehension test today!

In math we have been comparing and ordering numbers. We played a new game called Top-It and raced to put our number cards in order with a Beat the Clock activity. We also practiced making tally marks with dice rolls, rock, paper, scissors, and coin flips. We discussed the importance of calendars, and wrote the numbers 5 and 6. The highlight of math this week was when we made our bodies into tally marks and practiced being human tallies!

In health we talked about how to be safe at home. If your family doesn’t have a meeting place for emergencies, I suggest you talk about one as a family. We started our Air and Weather unit in science and did some air explorations. To see some pictures of this, check out our photobucket site! We also read the book I Like Me and talked about how we are all special. To go along with our story we created miniature paper people that looked like us for a bulletin board. We also met Mrs. Thomas, Big Woods Social Worker and she shared a song with us called Awake, Alert, Alive, Enthusiastic. The song was a big hit and the kids love to sing along while I play the keyboard.

Next week will be a big week with Homecoming Dress Up days! I am sure we will continue to have excellent behavior and line basics even with the dress up days next week! Have an enjoyable weekend!