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Thursday, October 28th and Friday, October 29th.
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Thursday, November 11th
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Wednesday, November 24th through Friday, November 26th
Last Week's Classroom News
Community & Classroom Procedures
During morning meeting Emma, Lola, Gage, Ramsey, and Emilee shared something special with the class. We continued our 'Hand-Shake-Hello' greeting and are ready to learn many more!
Literacy: Reading and Writing
Students practiced choosing between 'Read to Self' and 'Work on Writing' during our literacy block. They also were able to choose their own places to do their work in the room. We are reflecting often upon what worked and what we could fix. The students are solidly in this basic routine!
I continued to do reading assessments and began to meet with small reading groups, focusing on getting 'just right' books into emergent readers' hands. Students continue to practice the five finger rule when choosing 'just right' books. Be sure to ask your child to explain this rule at home.
Writing mini lessons last week have revolved around choosing interesting words to use in writing. Word choice is one of the traits of writing that we will be working on this year. Ask your child what an 'adjective' is and see if he or she can give you some interesting examples!
Out and About
Our canoe trip was a success! Students spent the first part of the morning paddling around the clear lake. We saw many orange salamanders! We were able to wade in the water and explore. Students found frogs, water beetles, and many other interesting insects. This was a very positive introduction to this year's theme-water!
Snack
For snack last week we had whole wheat honey pretzel sticks and rice crackers. The students enjoyed all of these snacks very much! Thank you! The snack schedule is included in the classroom blog. Look at the top of the page on the far right and you should see the link to the snack schedule page.
This Week's Classroom News
Community & Classroom Procedures
This week the following students will be sharing during our morning meetings:
- Monday: August
- Tuesday: Tyler
- Wednesday: Alivia
- Thursday: Colby
- Friday: Tommy
- Next Monday: Jack
We will learn a new greeting this week called 'What's the News?' Ask your child to explain this greeting at home. Perhaps you could try it at the dinner table!
Literacy: Reading and Writing
This week students will begin to independently apply what they have been learning about our reading and writing routines. Students will choose their own places to work and will practice 'Read to Self' and 'Work on Writing' for an extended period of time.
Students will focus on using interesting adjectives in their writing. This week we will be learning more about nouns.
Out and About
All of our students have submitting the B Street permission forms and we are waiting to find out if they will be processed in time for our Out and About on Tuesday afternoon. If we are able to go to the farm, we will be harvesting vegetables from the gardens and make pizzas in the wood stove! Students will also get some time to explore the food forest that they helped design, build, and plant last year. There is also the possibility that Pacific University students will design a frog pond in the food forest. Students will see the proposed site and will be invited to help build it over the course of the school year. If we are unable to go to the farm, we will harvest food in the new school garden. We are hoping to harvest the pumpkins soon and possibly do some cooking!
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