First Week: August 4-8
We
had a wonderful first week of school. We
spent a lot of time getting to know each other, setting our classroom routines
and learning how to work together as a team. Students learned about the Golden Rule.
We listened to the story “Do Unto Otters.” The moral of the story was to treat
others the way you want to be treated. The students wrote about what the golden
rule means to them and signed our class golden rule anchor chart. We really
tried to focus on caring about each other and watching how we treat each other.
To help us understand this, we listen to the story Chrysanthemum.
Students identified how Chrysanthemum’s heart was wrinkled by hurtful words. Students
thought about a time their heart was wrinkled and wrote how it made them feel.
I have to say, I am very impressed with their writing skills thus far.
Over the next few weeks we will be learning about Matter in
science. This week, to introduce the topic, students participated in a mystery
box activity. The box was filled with different solids, liquids, and gases.
Students had to try and figure out how the items were all related. They did a
great job realizing that some of the objects were solids. Then they quickly
picked up on the fact that the other objects were liquids and gases. We will focus on each individual state of matter next week and talk about the different and we will visit the science
lab on Tuesday.
Next
week, we will begin our place value unit and we will
be learning about our Daily 5 and Reading Workshop Routines.
Here
are a few pictures from our team building activity.
I
am looking forward to seeing you on Thursday night at 6:30 pm for our Open House.
Please plan to attend. I will be covering some very important information about
our year. See you then J
Important Dates/Reminders
Specials
Schedule
M-
Computer Lab
T-PE
W-Music
Th-Art
F-PE
Thursday, August
14th-
5-6pm
Kindergarten & 1stgrade & ALP
6pm PTA/Foundation
Meeting
6:30-7:30pm 2nd-5th
grades
Tuesday, August 19th-
Zaxby’s Night
