Happy New Year!
Our first week back at school has been wonderful, despite the very cold weather. We were disappointed to not begin our Winter Sports program this week but look forward to it next Wednesday. We did play a few new board games during indoor recess, along with all our old favorite activities.
This week we made Complete Sentence Buddies to help us learn about types of words. We're working on identifying nouns and verbs in sentences. In writing we're finishing up our narratives and small moment stories. Next week we'll finish publishing again before we begin our next writing project: myths!
To get ready for writing myths we've been reading some Native American myths: Rainbow Crow, The Day the Sun Fell From the Sky, How Kishelemukong Made the People and the Seasons, Why Some Trees Are Always Green, How Fox Brought the Forests From the Sky and Raven.
In science we've begun investigating light and shadow. We made shadows with our bodies around the room to try to figure out how light affects shadows. We also used the light projector on our SMARTboard to test if different objects would have a shadow or would let light through. Many of our guesses were accurate but it was even more fun just testing it out!
In math first graders are working on story problems. Second graders learned the last few addition strategies and continue to work on 3 digit addition. This week they practiced showing work for the same equation in multiple ways--being flexible math thinkers. Second graders also continue working with money and comparing amounts to order them from least to greatest.
Notes & Dates
*There was a green "Publix Market" re-usable bag left here before December break that none of the kids have claimed. Please let me know if it belongs to you!
January 15 -- All School Meeting 2:30-3:15
January 16 -- 4 Winds
January 19 & 20 -- Inservice for Teachers -- NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
February 6 -- Inservice for Teachers -- NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
February 23 - March 3 -- Winter Break -- NO SCHOOL
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