We are authors!!

Hello parents!!  Last week in reading and writing we identified the beginning, middle, and end of stories. We read a lot this week!  Some highlights were, The Secret Birthday Message, The Wind Blew, and One Day, One World.   We also read books about wind and the seasons in science! 

In writing, we wrote our own books called My Day.  We worked on a page each day, and we are proud to say that we are officially authors.  Our first book is a success!    

 In math we continued to work in our math zones while I worked with small groups to practice number concepts and counting.  The students are getting really good at subitizing, or knowing how many there are without even counting.  Their number sense is growing as well, as they are starting to recognize greater and less, and ways to make numbers in different ways.  

We had Andres' dad come Wednesday to be the mystery reader!!  Also Wednesday the class had their first substitute teacher. I got a great report from the sub and I'm proud of everyone for being respectful and responsible while I was at a curriculum study meeting. 

In science we are studying the seasons!! We also did a fun experiment with wind on Friday. Students made a hypothesis about what items would move in front of the fan. Then we tested 20 classroom objects. The students were really thinking like scientists today!  You can try this experiment at home too.  All you need is a fan and some heavy and light objects.  

Please let me know if you can volunteer in our classroom. I'd love for you to come either as a mystery reader for 15-30 minutes, or as a classroom volunteer if you can stay for an hour or so. The cafeteria and recess para educators also love volunteers too!!  I just had to snap this picture of Thomas' dad, who volunteered last week.  Everyone wanted him to read to them! 

We are gearing up for a fun class party on October 30th!! A sign up sheet came home today if you would like to sign up to bring decorations, food, drinks, or paper products. We could also use volunteers starting around 1:30 to help with decorating, helping children change into costumes, and running activities or games after the costume parade. 

Thanks for all of your support!