Thank you very much to all of the parents that were able to come last night to Open House! I genuinely enjoyed meeting you all. I look forward to a wonderful year working together for our students!
This week we:
*Learned "fix-up" strategies for when we get confused when we are reading. We can ask ourselves 3 questions..."Does this make sense?", "Does this sound right?", "Does this look right?"
*Learned the difference between a "watermelon idea" and a "seed story" - practiced writing details like in the movies!
*Learned about exponents, practiced the all-partials method, and practiced math facts in Math.
*Learned about the Lunar (moon) phases, eclipses, and other parts of our solar system in Science.
A couple of things for parents...
Tonight is Open House! Hope to see you there! It starts at 6:30 PM.
Don't forget to sign up for October conferences at mysignup.com/hineconferences!
Over the last few weeks we have:
*Had the Book Fair, Spirit Day, and Ice Cream Social
*Learned about All-Partials Multiplication Method
*Practiced our reading and learned to think while we read (wonder, picture, connect, etc.)
*Learned about the weather and seasons in Science.
*Learned writing strategies for when we can't think of what to write. The class created Expert Lists, wrote about important people and places and their lives, and learned how to write a seed story.
*The class took the Fall DRP.
*Mrs. Hine bought a house!
The year has been off to a great start! Enjoy the last day of "Summer" today, and get ready for Fall!
In the first week of school we learned many new things! We discussed how our classroom was run, we came up with our classroom expectations, and we talked about how to use our materials.
In Science, we learned about the five senses and the Scientific Method. The class even had the opportunity to perform their first experiment - the Great Egg Drop experiment! It was a lot of fun, and I think the class enjoyed hypothesizing whether or not the egg would break. If you are curious, ask your child!
In Reading, we started with learning how to have Reader's Workshop, and how that will look in our classroom. We discussed how to choose Just Right books, and how to use our classroom library. It has been fun to read their reading inventories, and get to know more about my class as readers!
In Writing, we learned how to set up our Writer's Workshop and how to set up our Writer's Notebooks. The students were able to personalize their notebooks, and even wrote their first paper, "So Long Sweet Summer". It was a letter to summer, telling it how they will miss it.
In Math, we worked on Standard, Expanded and Word form for numbers. The class did a wonderful job learning the difference. We also discussed place value, and how the value of a digit changes based on where it is placed.We practiced our multiplication and division facts as well, with a Math Inventory.
Overall, I think we learned a lot and enjoyed learning!
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