Wow, this week just flew by! It's hard to believe we fit so much into just 4 days together.
We began a new math unit about place value of 2-digit numbers. We also did our winter check-ins on counting skills and number sense: counting forward by 1s, 5s, and 10s to 100 and counting by 2s to 20. Students also demonstrated their number writing to 100 or beyond! Many students took this challenge and wrote well into one hundred!
We also began a new word study unit on the "bonus letter." In words with short vowels that have an f, l or s after the vowel there is a "bonus letter." Here are some examples: fill, muff, pass. We also began reading and writing our new set of trick words (many with digraphs from our previous unit): why, where, her, when, which, that, then, them, this, with, you, your, I, they, was, one, said.
Our writers are adding tons of details in words, pictures and labels to their second teaching books. They also wrote "good beginnings" or introductions this week to hook the readers' interest and give them a clue about what they will learn in the book.
On Tuesday we had a Flynn companion workshop to go along with our Flynn show on Friday. Rose from the Flynn came and did some movement and shadow work with us. We made our bodies become elephants, flowers and planes. We experimented with making different shadows with our bodies. It was so fun! On Friday we went to see the show Pilobolus Shadowland, which is a dance and shadow performance about dreams (some happy, some a little scary). It was a great time.
Dates to Remember:
Wednesday February 14 - Valentines card exchange
Wednesday February 14 - Early Dismissal 12:15 -- Teacher In-Service -- No After school Programs, all students dismissed at 12:15
Monday February 26 - Tuesday March 6 - Winter Break (3/5 and 3/6 are Teacher In-Service days)
Wednesday March 7 - school resumes
Have a great weekend!
❤ Mrs. Fox
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