A to Zirilli: 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.