Moving Right Along

 

Our Week flew right by, just like the weekend.  We were very busy in Room 232 and the children seem to be thriving.  Our week was full of learning and lots of collaborating.  

Monday-

Our week began with National Day of Writing.  We always write daily but Monday was super special.  The children wrote all the reasons they write.

Max the Therapy Dog:

We had a great visit from Max on Monday.  The children loved hearing about him and all the great things he does.

Tuesday:

After Monday´s excitement we got right back into our work.  We started a new unit in Wonders and picked up where we left off with Math.

It was also Apple Crunch Day which took place in their library class.  At 11:00  everyone stopped and took a bite out of their apple, provided by one of our local farms.

The Rest of the Week:

Our week progressed rather nicely.  We continue to work in Wonders and Reveal.  Our writing/research has to do with Spiders.  The children chose a spider to read about and are researching about them.  We will finalize the project this upcoming week.

We are also working on finishing up our Opinion Piece and our Science unit on Electricity continues

Children continue to collaborate and work with one another.  The discussions are great to hear and the children love to help one another.

Whether we are working in Wonders, Math or any other subject, the children are on task, helping one another or working independently to get the work completed.  It is great to watch the children communicate with each other and learn with one another.  

It was another great week and the weeks are just moving right along.

Spirit Week is happening starting today.  Our Student Council put together some great days of fun.  Hope to see everyone participating in the fun.  

Flower Boxes:

Our Kindergarten and 2nd graders have adopted a flower box to keep and maintain during the next few months.  Our class is partnering up with the third graders and will do something fun with one of the flower boxes out in the school yard.  The pictures below are what the 2nd graders did.  

Have a wonderful week!

Autumn is in the Air

 

It was a short week, but boy did we do a lot.  The class continued with Wonders (Unit 1 Assessment), we took a Math Unit 3 Assessment and in between worked on a lot more of our curriculum.  The air is getting crisp, the days are flying and we are all doing lots of work and collaborating  throughout the days.  

Tuesday:

More review took place as we worked in our Reading/Writing Companion book.  The children worked both independently and in their group to get things done.

There are always times during the day where the children have opportunities to help one another out and collaborate with each other.  Wonders is one of those times.  If someone is stuck or needs a little extra help, we all do our part to help out a classmate.  

Wednesday:

In Science the children are moving right along with Electrical Systems.  The read a book titled, Systems and collaborated on getting the pages done in their Investigation Notebook.  The conversations were happening and they all seemed on task.

In Social Studies we have been working on a flip book titled, Where in the World are We?

The children fill in information about their town, state, continent and the world.  The children are using the internet to locate and fill in this book.

We have also started a writing piece on Opinions.  The children are still in the early phases of this with brainstorming, choosing a topic and doing some research on the topic they chose.  This upcoming week they will begin to put the paragraphs together with reasons and details to support their opinion.

I created a wheel in which we spin it to see who our lucky duck will be.  I will also use it to create partners, or groups when needed.  The children love to watch on who it will land.

Thursday was a bit hectic and we were not able to capture the children in action, but they continued to work and progress nicely.

Friday:

There was a lot happening on Friday.  It started off early on, before the children got there, with a few teachers and Mr. Pacitto prepping for the summer celebration breakfast.  On the menu we had pancakes, bacon and hash browns.  It was a lot of fun coming together and preparing breakfast.

The children enjoyed the breakfast and were so appreciative.  We had a blast making it for them.

Friday was also Pink Out Day.  So many children wore Pink and it was great to see the community come together to benefit a great cause (Gloria Gemma Foundation).

We took a math and Wonders assessment on Friday.  The children seemed focused and on task as they worked on them.  I was also able to take small groups up to review the Math before taking the test.

The Pumpkins are on display in the library.  The children will be able to view them when they go to the Library on Tuesday.

On Thursday the children will take their pictures-Smile for the camera!

Trunk or Treat is happening on Friday.  Hope to see many of you there.  This is always a fun event and attended by many.

Our first Spirit Week is happening the week of October 27th.  Here is what the Student Council planned for that.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the day!