This week's IA: Art
Next week's IA: Music
Reader's Workshop
Last Friday, I attended another workshop to learn some more strategies for teaching reading. I am very excited about what I learned and can't wait to implement the changes. I will attend the final training this coming Friday. Once I implement the new resources, I'll share more about just what your children will be learning as readers.
Writer's Workshop
The students have really taken to our new approach to Writer's Workshop. They are producing a lot of quality writing. Some of the learning targets we have been focusing on are writing complete sentences (all the time!), naming the topic in our first sentence, using specific adjectives, and varying our sentence beginnings. Their first published pieces of writing will be coming home soon. I just ask that once the writing does come home, please send it back to school so that I may put it in your child's portfolio.
Math
Currently, we are learning about perimeter, area, and capacity, as well as other measurements. I will be talking with the students in class a lot about these words so that they hear and use them frequently, but it would be great if you could talk about these concepts at home too, to really solidify them. Maybe share a time you had to use perimeter, area, or capacity in your home or work. It would be great to hear some of these stories from the students during Morning Meeting.
Expedition
Wow! The kids are so excited for our new case study!! Last week, we revealed that we will be studying wolves. I will explain, in more detail, at a later date just why we are learning about wolves. Thank you to everyone who volunteered to drive for our Field work in a couple of weeks. I will email all of you to confirm. Here are some pictures of the kids taking a more in-depth look at wolf artifacts to build their background and spark their curiosity.
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