The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

 We had another fantastic and busy week here at SOS.  The children are so excited with the upcoming Holidays.  Our Elf, Bernie, has been monitoring the classroom.  The children love to walk into the classroom each morning and locate where he is.  The excitement on their faces is magical.  

Wonders:

We have been moving right along in our literacy block.  The children are reading, writing, responding to text and having great conversations about visualizing, point of view and flashbacks.  We use our Reading/Writing Companion books to work on as a whole group and even in small groups.  

Reveal Math:

We are finishing up Unit 5 and the children took part in station rotation this past week.  All of the games they played in each station was a review of each of the concepts in the unit.  They  worked with prime and composite numbers, factors, multiples and number patterns.  They enjoyed each one and I really think that many of them were better able to understand the concepts with the help of classmates.  

Amplify Science:

We started a new unit-Vision and Light and we are going to find out why the Tokay Gecko is beginning to become extinct in the Rain Forest. It is a great unit all about the Rain Forest and how vision plays an important part in the survival of animals.  

Social Studies:

We have been learning all about the RI State House and how the laws are made.  We are also continuing with the Postcard Exchange to the states around the US and hoping to have them in the mail by the end of this week. 

As you can see, our days are packed full of learning and discovering.  It is hard to believe that we are already in the 2nd trimester of the school year.  This week is sure to be another great one.  The student council has put together some great theme days for our Spirit Week #2. With the holiday season here, it is the time of year when all the excitement cannot be contained, but we are doing a fantastic job.  We will be having a special in person assembly on Friday for the student of the month, attendance and RICAS scores.  Stay tuned for more to come.  Have a wondeful week.

On Friday, the children were rewarded for having beat the tally for starbucks from the month of October to November.  They chose to have a campout.  The children worked on writing while being in their "forts" and by the" campfire."  Their faces say it all.  They were so content with the activity.

Hope everyone has a terrific week ahead.  It will be great to see more of the excitement that the children have throughout the week with the anticipation of the Holidays and the vacation week right around the corner.

All in a Week's Work

The days are filled with excitement, work and lots of learning.  We continue to work in Wonders for our Literacy Block.  In Math we are finishing up Unit 5 of Reveal.  With Social Studies we are learning about the government and the State House, and finally, we have started Unit 2 of Amplify Science titled Vision and Light.  

                                              Monday:

When the children entered the room they were surprised to see a letter from the Elf with a Kindness Challenge Calendar.  Each morning we open up the door that goes along with the date and read what challenge we need to do for the day.  

 

During our Morning Meetings we are learning about Holidays around the World.  This also ties in with the social studies standard.  So far we have learned about the USA and Germany.

We have begun Unit 3 in Wonders and read Aguinaldo and were introduced to the new vocabulary.  The children have been using both the digital and hard copy of the textbook.  Many great activities are on the platform along with completing pages in the Reading/Writing Companion Book.

Tuesday:

We had the NPPD present the winner of the Holiday Card for the district.  It was an exciting morning as they made the announcement to the third grader.  

We continue to receive post cards from various states and learn about their school, town/city and state.  The children get excited to see who has written to us.

Wednesday:

The Elf came in and left another message for the students.  

                                                                     Thursday:

The children continued to work in Wonders about how children can help out in their community.  They discussed different things we can do within our neighborhood to make it a better place to live.  We read Aguinaldo and saw how the character changed from the beginning of the story to the end.  

Friday:

We held station rotations and announce the student of the week.  The children are getting so much better with transitioning from one station to the next and working with their groups to complete the task.  

Upcoming Events:

On Friday, the PTO will host Cookies with Santa with a Grinch theme.  Looking forward to seeing many families at this event.

The week of December 18th will be our 2nd Spirit Week in which the 5th grade student council has planned out.