Here's what we were working on in the classroom last week :
Reading : We added partner reading to the students' repertoire! After independent reading, the students partner read. Last week, the students got their reading partners for the first portion of the year. Ask your child who his/her reading partner is!
Writing : Last week, we went over making sure the pictures match the words on the page and making sure that the students have a beginning, middle, and end to their stories.
Math : We finished up our first math unit last week. The students got a chance to explore many of the math manipulatives that we'll be using this year, they learned how to playTop-It and Rolling for 50, and they learned how to use the number grid and solve number stories.
Social Studies : Last week, we talked about what communities are and different places that people live in communities.
Science : We learned all about the sun last week, and the patterns that we notice about the sun. 1-Bu is quite familiar with which direction the sun rises each morning because it comes right in our classroom windows when we're having our morning meetings. Ask you child which direction the sun rises/sets in, he/she should be able to say 'the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.'
Computers : The students used typing.com for the first time last week. This is a program that will help the students develop correct typing skills and stamina as typers.
*I am currently in the process of finding out from the office which students pictures may be posted online. I will update this post with pictures if I hear back from the office early enough in the week. Thank you for your patience.