Highlights of the Week 9-22-17

Hello families,

We showed a lot of HEART this week! On Tuesday we got to dump our first full Heart Jar of hearts into the JFK Heart Monitor! We celebrated with doll and stuffie day. We played together in the morning. We earned so many more hearts already this week!

We read The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind about a boy named William who dreamed of building a windmill to give his village electricity and water. He worked hard and made his dream come true! We talked and wrote about our own learning goals at school. We also talked about how to support each other in achieving our goals. We brainstormed class rules for ourselves, for each other, and for our place in order to support our learning community.

We read I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness. We spoke about mindfulness and what this looks like in our class and how this feels in our bodies. We did a guided meditation practice focusing on our breath and how we can control our breath to calm our bodies. We also did a "mindful noticing" activity with rose petals. We also read The Feel Good Book to talk about things we like and make us happy.

In math we continued adding numbers and representing our thinking. This week we did this with story problems. We practiced showing our thinking on paper, writing an equation to match the story, and writing an answer with a label. On Friday we played Double Compare (an old favorite) and then a game of "I Have___, Who Has ____?

This shows the count all strategy by drawing the 4 and 6 apples and then counting to find the total.

This shows the count all strategy. Labels were added  in the work to prove how they got the total.

This shows the counting on strategy. It leaves one number whole and then counts on the rest.

We continue learning and practicing HEART expectations in different places around the school. This week we practiced going to the Front Office, using the School Grounds for learning activities, and visiting the Nurses' Office.

We will have Library again this upcoming Monday (9/25). We have Library once every 2 weeks. During this time we read a book with Mr. Gile and have the opportunity to borrow up to 3 books total. Please return Library books with your child by Monday morning so he/she can take out new books! 

We all visited the Book Fair on Monday and made lists of books we liked. Many children purchased items from the Book Fair throughout the week. Thanks for supporting the PTO!

Dates to Remember:
Monday Sept. 25 - Library 11-11:30
Monday October 9 - Library 11-11:30
Wednesday October 18 - Early Release for ALL students 12:15 -- No After School Activities
Thursday October 19 - No School
Friday October 20 - No School
Monday October 23 - Library 11-11:30


Have a great weekend!
❤ Mrs. Fox