We have two volunteers to join us on our two part trip to an organic farm and wool art workshop. We will need at least one more volunteer to make this trip a success. Would you like to join us? We would love to have you!
We will be celebrating Valentine's Day on Tuesday. If your child brings Valentine's cards, please have them bring one for each student in the class (a class list was sent home on Thursday). You may send a healthy treat for the party if you would like to.
Last week we continued working on fiction writing. The students worked on adding interesting words and details. We worked on capturing the readers attention at the start of the story, and we began to talk about editing. The students are working on researching their forest animals. They are reading to find out what their animal eats, where and how it makes it's home, how it survives in winter and other interesting facts. We spent Thursday afternoon in "The Backyard" planting peas. We saw MANY worms! In math, first graders wrote and have been solving each others' crab and sea star story problems. They are very adept at showing how they solved a problem, and many of them can demonstrate multiple ways of solving a problem. Second graders worked on single digit subtraction. They played subtraction games in small groups and worked on subtraction flash cards with partners. Students also learned about measuring in inches and made three dimensional models of nest boxes for the classroom birds. (The nest boxes were 9 inches tall, 12 inches wide, and had a hole with a 3 inch diameter.) We have been checking in on our peas to see the growth that they've made. The students are recording this data in a plant journal.
Please remind your child to bring a coat to school each day. Some days start out clear and then change. We'd like for the children to be prepared to go outside no matter the weather. Many of you have already returned your child's report card envelope. If you have not, please keep the report, but sign and return the envelope. We will use them again to send out reports in June.
Last week we continued working on fiction writing. The students worked on adding interesting words and details. We worked on capturing the readers attention at the start of the story, and we began to talk about editing. The students are working on researching their forest animals. They are reading to find out what their animal eats, where and how it makes it's home, how it survives in winter and other interesting facts. We spent Thursday afternoon in "The Backyard" planting peas. We saw MANY worms! In math, first graders wrote and have been solving each others' crab and sea star story problems. They are very adept at showing how they solved a problem, and many of them can demonstrate multiple ways of solving a problem. Second graders worked on single digit subtraction. They played subtraction games in small groups and worked on subtraction flash cards with partners. Students also learned about measuring in inches and made three dimensional models of nest boxes for the classroom birds. (The nest boxes were 9 inches tall, 12 inches wide, and had a hole with a 3 inch diameter.) We have been checking in on our peas to see the growth that they've made. The students are recording this data in a plant journal.
Please remind your child to bring a coat to school each day. Some days start out clear and then change. We'd like for the children to be prepared to go outside no matter the weather. Many of you have already returned your child's report card envelope. If you have not, please keep the report, but sign and return the envelope. We will use them again to send out reports in June.
Thank you families!
Sincerely,
Sherry
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