Reflections of the Week

Our week was filled with lots of learning, discoveries and activities.

We began centers and the children seem to have done well with them.

Each station has a certain activity to work on for 15 minutes, then the groups rotate to another one.

The children are very engaged and focused.  They complete the work that they are assigned and move on to the next station once the timer goes off.  

The children have also been working on Lexia which is a reading program that they progress through.

As I have stated in the previous blog, this month we are focusing on Gratitude.  We were able to view a video about paying things forward.  We also did acrostic poems and a paper chain about things we are grateful for.

Our read alouds are also revolving around being grateful.  The children start great discussions around them and share out many connections that they may have with the books.

The children in 4Z have an opportunity on Fridays to redeem their class dojo points.  I set up the shop and give them time to select items they want.

This week I also introduced the students to their first book project.  It is a diorama and it is due on December 6th.  Many alrady have a book that they are reading and others were able to choose from the variety of books that I have.  The were given a handout of how to do this project and it is to be done at home.  

Below are some examples of how to create dioramas.  I am eager to see how they do on these.  This is not an option but a required assignment for all of the students.  

They can use any materials around the house or from outside to recreate a scence from the book.  They will be presenting them to the class starting on the 6th.  All of them need to come in by that day.  

Here are some other pictures of the students thay I took during the week. 

I hope everyone has a great weekend.  Don't forget- there is no school on Thursday- Veteran's Day. Please reach out if there are any questions or concerns.