Reading: In Reading, we finished our first chapter book read aloud of Frog and Toad All Year Long. Students focused on keeping track of who is talking by following along with the dialogue. Students also learned some strategies for solving tricky words by looking for patterns. Math: In Math, students learned how we organize data and how to read data. We learned about picture graphs, bar graphs, and tally charts. Students learned how to find the median in a set of data and what the median usually means. Writing: In writing, we continued with our nonfiction writing unit. Students have chosen their topics for nonfiction writing and have started gathering facts about their topics. They have practiced looking for words to add to their writer's dictionary. Social Studies : To introduce the difference in other cultures, we discussed Halloween and its cultural significance. Students were then introduced to Dia de Los Muertos, a holiday celebrated in Mexico and other countries in Central America. Students were able to identify the cultural components of Dia de Los Muertos and create a creativity related to the holiday.
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Reading: In Reading, students continued their work with retelling. We explored 3 different ways of retelling and students practiced writing retelling sticky notes on their own. All students were encouraged to choose a chapter book of their choice to read during independent reading time. Math: In Math, students reviewed telling time to the nearest 5 minutes. Students learned vocabulary such as "analog" and "digital" clocks. We challenged ourselves with a game called "I Have Who Has" that helped students practice saying, reading, and writing time. Writing: In writing, we have started our nonfiction/informational writing unit. Students explored nonfiction books and have brainstormed ideas of what they will write about for their final piece. Science: Students continued to explore the topic of Pollination and why pollinators are important. Students completed a Google slide presentation as well as a pollination poster. Reading: In Reading, students learned strategies for retelling chapters in a longer book. Our read aloud for the week was Frog and Toad All Year Long. Students will be getting to know these two characters throughout our Character Unit. Math: In Math, students reviewed place value and the value of coins. Students were introduced to the terms for the base ten blocks and got to explore using base ten blocks. Students also participated in an activity where they had to find two different ways of using coins to buy items. Writing: In writing, we have been busy publishing our final drafts for our writing celebrations. Students had their first writing celebration of the year where they got to share their writing with their peers and accept positive feedback. Science: Students continued to explore the topic of Pollination and why pollinators are important . Students participated in an interactive game where they got to act as the pollinators. Students also worked on a presentation in google slides on Pollination. Reading: In Reading, students reviewed how to use their schema to make predictions and connections while reading. Students also learned strategies for solving tricky words by using the context of the reading and by chunking. The read aloud for the week was "Help!" by Holly Keller. Math: In Math, students learned strategies to help them solve harder subtraction facts quickly. Students also reviewed the term "difference" and how it relates to subtraction. We finished off the week learning to problem solve a multi-step problem and students took their unit test. Writing: In writing, we have been busy working on our revising and editing skills. Students learned how to self edit and peer edit. Some students have started publishing their personal narrative to get ready for our writing celebration next week. Science: We have started a new unit in Science and this week students explored our focus question: What are pollinators and why are they important? We will continue to do more activities related to answering this question to gain a better understanding of this concept. Reading: This week student's learned about schema and how they can activate their own schema to have better understanding of what they read. Literacy centers gave students the opportunity to practice this skill and other reading strategies. Math: In Math, students reviewed their basic addition fact fluency. Students also practiced writing subtraction number stories. We talked about the frames and arrows routine as well as the in and out boxes routine. This helps students problem solve when it comes to basic addiction and subtraction. Writing: In writing students learned ways to write a better ending to their personal narrative. They also learned how to edit and revise with a partner. This is a skill we will keep developing throughout the year. Social Studies In Social Studies, we reviewed land and water forms of our town map. We also learned how to identify other landforms not found in our town map. Students were assessed on their understanding of the terms learned in class. Reading: This week we started literacy center rotations. Students practiced working independantly and collaboratively while rotating to four different centers. We had the Independant Reading, Partner Reading, Word Work and Listening Center. Students practiced transitioning from one to the other efficiently. Math: This week in math we started our new Unit 2. This unit is all about addition and subtraction fact fluency. Students practiced reading and writing addition number stories. Students were also introduced to Xtra Math, the program that will help determine their mastery of basic addition and subtraction facts. Writing: In writing students were introduced to strategies to help them stretch out their personal narratives and add more details. Social Studies OStudents were introduced to our classroom town project. We started by deciding where our settlers will explore to create our town. We ended the week with our focus question, "What are landforms and what effect do they have on human societies?" Reading: This week we practiced making predictions and connections as we read. We did a shared reading with Henry and Mudge: The First Book and students practiced this strategy on their own. Sticky notes were introduced as a tool to help students jot down thoughts as they read. Toward the end of the week students were introduced to center rotations for reading. Math: This week in math we continued with unit 1 which is a review of first grade concepts that are important to have mastered to move on with second grade math. Some concepts we practiced were number grid puzzles, using a calculator to count by a given number, and using comparison symbols to compare numbers. Writing: In writing students have written the beginning of their personal narratives. Students continued to write the middle and trying to use time words to make their writing more interesting. Science: Our focus question for science this week was "What do plants need to survive and change?" Students continued to explore this concept by planting their lima beans. Students created a student journal where they will draw and write about their plants. Reading: This week we talked about habits of a good reader and what readers do. We practiced thinking and talking about what we read. The students also came up with their purpose for rereading books. Lastly, we learned how readers check their own reading, read with expresion, and retell the beginning, middle and end of their books. Our main focus this week was practicing these strategies as we continued to build our reading stamina. Math: This week in math we continued with unit 1 which is a review of first grade concepts that are important to have mastered to move on with second grade math. Students have been working with US coin combinations, telling time, counting US dollars and number grid patterns. They have done well in our math center rotations and are learning to be more independant. Writing: In writing students were introduced to the writing process and our Writer's workshop routines. They began the planning stage of their first writing piece, a personal narrative. We brainstormed small moments in our lives that we can write about and chose just one to eventually become our final piece. Science: Our focus question for science this week was "What do plants need to survive and change?" Students explored this question by creating an experiment with a lima bean. They each prepared a lima bean wrapped in wet cotton and stored in a clear plastic bag tapped to the window. We also prepared a bag with no water and one with no sunlight. Students are slowly recording their observations. This week we continued to practice expectations and procedures for a smooth running classroom. We had a few read alouds and reflected over the author's message. We finished all the reading, math and spelling pre-assessments to determine each students progress over the summer. Students also got a chance to practice navigating the different websites we will be using throughout the year. Our class created a classroom promise that we can follow and make reference to throughout the year, and we proudly displayed it in our classroom. Lastly, students practiced our math calendar procedures as well as the math rotations expectations and started to dive into their Everyday Math Journals. The first two days were a success! Students learned the rules and procedures to have a functional organized classroom. We had a few read alouds that helped us make connections to the world around us. Students explored the different areas in our classroom such as the popular reading tent you see above. We had an interactive lesson on growth mindset and talked about ideas to make sure we keep a growth mindset in our classrooms. We still have a few procedures to practice for next week, but we will slowly start getting into the exciting 2nd grade curriculum for the year.
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