Week 2
It was a short, but busy week in Room 112!
Last week I read the book "How Full is your Bucket." This book highlights the power of kindness and connects with our Room 112 bucket that is added to when we work together and get compliments and recognition from Stephenson Staff and adults. We have been continuing to get drops in our bucket for being examples of the school expectations and rules (be safe, be respectful, be responsible, be your best). We have already filled our bucket-- Go Room 112!
We have continued to practice Independent Reading and have been building on Reader's Workshop expectations: Read quietly, read the whole time, start right away, and build stamina. We will continue to build and develop these skills as we practice this independent learning and work time. I am already seeing their stamina grow!
This week we also transitioned from exploring the math manipulatives, to using them as tools for math. It is pretty incredible to see their creativity when working with the math manipulatives. We have been practicing our basic addition and using visuals to help us write number sentences. They are already beginning to use mathematical language "I know this because..." "I agree with ____ because..." "I disagree because..." Being able to talk about mathematical thinking and being able to show it are concepts we will continue to build on a daily basis.
We ended the week with our Lion art project to show our Stephenson pride! The first grade artists got to use sharpies and oil pastels to create some lions that are really something to roar about - pun intended :)
Reminders:
9/12 -- Back to School Night @ 6:30 - 8:00pm
Last week I read the book "How Full is your Bucket." This book highlights the power of kindness and connects with our Room 112 bucket that is added to when we work together and get compliments and recognition from Stephenson Staff and adults. We have been continuing to get drops in our bucket for being examples of the school expectations and rules (be safe, be respectful, be responsible, be your best). We have already filled our bucket-- Go Room 112!
We have continued to practice Independent Reading and have been building on Reader's Workshop expectations: Read quietly, read the whole time, start right away, and build stamina. We will continue to build and develop these skills as we practice this independent learning and work time. I am already seeing their stamina grow!
This week we also transitioned from exploring the math manipulatives, to using them as tools for math. It is pretty incredible to see their creativity when working with the math manipulatives. We have been practicing our basic addition and using visuals to help us write number sentences. They are already beginning to use mathematical language "I know this because..." "I agree with ____ because..." "I disagree because..." Being able to talk about mathematical thinking and being able to show it are concepts we will continue to build on a daily basis.
We ended the week with our Lion art project to show our Stephenson pride! The first grade artists got to use sharpies and oil pastels to create some lions that are really something to roar about - pun intended :)
Reminders:
9/12 -- Back to School Night @ 6:30 - 8:00pm
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