Week of September 12

Hello!
What a great week we had!

We played a "Heads Up" style game with nouns! Students had to ask questions and give clues to figure out what word was on their head!

Every Friday we do something called TouchPebbles, which aims to get the students ready for seminar later in their education. We read stories and I ask questions that make us think, and sometimes don't have a correct answer. Today before TouchPebbles we took a minute of self reflection about our classroom participation. We then partnered up, and have each other feedback on our partners class participation! This took A LOT of courage, honesty, and friendship. I was SO proud of the way criticism was given and received by such young hearts and minds.

I would say statement like: My partner does not always listen when others are talking. Students would change their fists to a thumbs up if they agreed, or a thumbs down if they disagreed.

We had a wonderful grandparents day assembly! The students loved getting to see their grandparents! It filled my heart right up! I LOVE grandparents and was lucky enough to have some amazing ones in my life. We lost my Grandma last year, but I gained so much from her, and am so happy to see that so many of my students have wonderful grandparents active in their lives!

Announcements:
This week we will have math and phonics night on Wednesday night! The night will last from 6:00-7:30 and is designed to be a workshop to equip parents with tools to help their students at home! We'd love to see you there!

We also have picture day on Thursday! Order forms went home in the Friday Folder! Students will be photographed individually (class photographs will be in the spring) and will need to be in their usual uniform dress.

Here is a look at our learning this week

Language arts: We are continuing our reading of Charlotte's Web! This week we will follow the animals as they travel to the fair. Students will continue to take on the perspective of reporters and write newspaper articles about the amazing things happening with Wilbur!
Each Friday students who got their reading log signed that week get to put a sticker on our reading chart! Please be signing the reading log in their planner each night!

Math - We are exploring what happens when too many ones are in the ones column. We will learn to rename those ones into tens. For example if add two numbers together and the ones column has 12 ones in it, we would need to rename those ones into 1 ten and 2 ones. Students are doing great in math and are working so hard on their math facts! I appreciate the diligence in practicing at home!

Science: Next week we will continue our study on the lifecycle. We will do a fun EGG-speriment, and then move into the lifecycle of a frog! Students will learn about metamorphosis. Did you know that there are thousands of different kinds of frogs in the world and they don't all look alike? At the end of next week see if you student can answer these questions:
- Do you know what a group of frogs is called?
-Frogs live on every continent except _________.

History: This week in history, we will dive into Japan's unique geography. We will learn what landform makes the country special, and talk about traditional Japanese cuisine. We will also compare American schools to Japanese schools. We are going to have so much fun celebrating the Japanese culture!