This week has been all about opinion writing. The students are learning how to make a convincing argument. And they are learning that their opinion can be different from their classmates. We used my collections and the students' collections to write our opinion pieces so far. Next week we will be working on publishing our best piece so far and then we will move into writing reviews. This weekend your child brought home their ipad so they could take pictures of things they could write reviews about. I love this unit and they are so enthusiastic. Their writing has been great and I can't wait to continue working on opinion writing next week. During literacy lessons, we've been working on making connections. A few weeks ago we made personal connections with books and then the last couple weeks we made text to text connections. The books had similar themes in common. We've also been working on a project to go along with our social emotional learning program, Second Step. The students worked on feelings books this week. We generated a list of emotions people feel and they took pictures of themselves demonstrating these emotions and made it into a book. Each page has a different picture and description of how they are feeling in that picture. In math we are continuing to work on adding and subtracting within 20 using strategies and math mats.
Things to ask your children about:
-What is a fishbowl during writer's workshop?
-Who's opinion did you disagree with and how did you write a polite disagreement?
-What did the books Chrysanthemum and Molly Lou Melon have in common?
Things to Remember:
-iPad homework is due on Monday. Please make sure the iPads come back to school on Monday.
-We will be celebrating Valentine's Day February 13 at school. Please remember to send your child with a Valentine for everyone in our class and Mrs. Korah's class. And they should have some kind of decorated box or bag to collect their Valentines. They will be getting a lot of them!
-On Monday I will be sending home a 100th day project for the students to work on at home. They will need to decorate a crown with 100 things. The crown and directions will come home at the beginning of the week and they will have a full week to work on the crown so they can wear it on the 100th day of school.
-Great America Read to Success logs are due February 20. As soon as your child is done, send them back to school so I can get them entered. Thanks!
-Thanks to everyone who ordered books from the Scholastic Book Order! I will be able to order many new books for the classroom library. I will probably order the books on Sunday, so you have through tomorrow to get your orders in.
-We are scheduled to go to Rivershire February 25 in the morning. I will be sending out a document, so please sign up if you can come join us!
Things to ask your children about:
-What is a fishbowl during writer's workshop?
-Who's opinion did you disagree with and how did you write a polite disagreement?
-What did the books Chrysanthemum and Molly Lou Melon have in common?
Things to Remember:
-iPad homework is due on Monday. Please make sure the iPads come back to school on Monday.
-We will be celebrating Valentine's Day February 13 at school. Please remember to send your child with a Valentine for everyone in our class and Mrs. Korah's class. And they should have some kind of decorated box or bag to collect their Valentines. They will be getting a lot of them!
-On Monday I will be sending home a 100th day project for the students to work on at home. They will need to decorate a crown with 100 things. The crown and directions will come home at the beginning of the week and they will have a full week to work on the crown so they can wear it on the 100th day of school.
-Great America Read to Success logs are due February 20. As soon as your child is done, send them back to school so I can get them entered. Thanks!
-Thanks to everyone who ordered books from the Scholastic Book Order! I will be able to order many new books for the classroom library. I will probably order the books on Sunday, so you have through tomorrow to get your orders in.
-We are scheduled to go to Rivershire February 25 in the morning. I will be sending out a document, so please sign up if you can come join us!