Mo Willems!

We have has a fun week learning and reading books by Mo Willems, our favorite author! Here are some of the important things we learned...

Our centers this week were packed with Mo Willems activities!  We found pigeon power words and Mo Willems characters around the room and read/wrote them, we played blends games, looked at story elements and made connections, and more! 

In Writing, we heard, visualized, and discussed various poems.  We explored descriptive words (adjectives) and practiced writing poems of our own! 

We started our new Math unit on numbers to 100.  This is a very tricky unit full of patterns and memorization.  Please continue reading and writing numbers with your child.  More to come!

We read books together during Shared Reading and focused on reading words with blends and digraphs and reading fluently while paying attention to punctuation. 

During Phonics, we learned the new power words "find" and "just". We read and wrote words with blends.

In this week’s Second Steps lesson, we learned that apologizing is one way to begin to solve problems. We practiced using the phrases, “I’m sorry. Are you okay? How can I help?” as a way to help solve problems.Ask your child to teach you the three parts of the apology they learned. Encourage them to apologize when the opportunity arises at home.

We learned about Ruby Bridges in Social Studies. Ruby Bridges was a brave six-year-old girl who helped change history. In 1960, she became one of the first Black children to attend an all-white school in New Orleans. We learned that  Ruby showed courage even when she was scared everyone deserves to feel welcome and even kids can make a big difference!

Looking ahead...

There will be no newsletter next week due to our short week and wrapping up for break!

Parent Teacher Conferences 3/10 and 3/11- Don't forget to sign up!

Early Release Day 3/12

Stray Rescue Donations due 3/12

Spring Break 3/13-3/22

Career Day Speaker 3/24

Difference Makers 3/24

Have a great weekend!

Jena

Dental Health Month!

We have had a busy two weeks learning about how to take care of our teeth and bodies! Here are some of the important things we learned...

Our centers this week focused on ways to be healthy!  We wrote about healthy habits, looked at the five food groups, played games with blends and digraphs, found words with blends and wrote them,  practiced writing heart words, and more!

We worked on reading shared texts together during Reading and focused on blends, digraphs, and floss rule words.  Please keep reading at home with your child. 

In Writing, we worked with our new partners to hear, visualize, and act out poems. We explored interesting words in a poem as well as repetition and rhyme. Some of us even wrote our own poems this week! We worked really hard on visualizing and drew and wrote our visualizations/what we saw in our minds. Ask your child to tell you about what they visualized during Writing. 

We continued our subtraction unit in Math. We will continue to revisit addition and subtraction in the coming weeks. 

In this week’s Second Steps lesson, we learned that taking time to feel calm before reacting is a helpful first step to solving a problem. Let your child see you taking a moment to feel calm at home when things are busy or stressful. For example, say, “Today was a really busy day. I’m going to take a few slow breaths to help me feel calm.” Invite your child to join you.

This week we learned about Jackie Robinson and why he is such an important person in history.

We talked about how Jackie Robinson was the first Black player in Major League Baseball. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and wore number 42. We learned that he showed great courage, even when others were not kind to him. He stayed strong, worked hard, and helped change the game of baseball forever.

We discussed words like brave, fair, and perseverance, and how Jackie Robinson is a great example of all of them. The students shared thoughtful ideas about how we can be brave and stand up for what is right in our own classroom.

Looking ahead...

Early Release Day 3/6

Parent Teacher Conferences 3/10 and 3/11- Don't forget to sign up!

Early Release Day 3/12

Spring Break 3/13-3/22

Career Day Speaker 3/24

Difference Makers 3/24

Have a great weekend!

Jena