Reminders:
- We will be sending out our Mystery Guest Sign up sheet on Monday. Please keep an eye out for it!
- Please remember to fill out our Family Questionnaire. Click here to do so. (We are waiting for 3 more responses! :)
- Please fill out our Family Survey! Click here to do so. We have been using them during our Star Interviews!
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Dear Families,
Happy Friday! After the second full week of school, 1S has adjusted amazingly to the routines and rhythms of the school day. It was wonderful seeing so many of you at Open School Night. We couldn’t be more excited about the group of children and families that are part of our 1S community. The children were thrilled to get your letters in their lockers on Thursday morning.
This week, we drew self-portraits! We took our times to look ourselves in the mirror and made sure to add as much detail as possible. It was a wonderful time to talk about what we noticed about ourselves as we practiced drawing ourselves.
This week in Language Arts, we began our Star Interviews. These give us a chance to shine as we ask and share things about ourselves and our families. It also is an opportunity to practice forming good, thoughtful questions. We have been encouraging questions about family, as getting to know each other is an essential part of our community study. This activity also allows us to model writing as we work together on letter sounds, spelling, sentence structure and other strategies young writers use. Look for the Star Interviews on our classroom walls!
We also continued to 'visualize' as we read and listened to the 'Gruffalo' by Julie Donaldson. As we read through the book several times, without pictures, we drew what we heard and pictured in our imaginations. It was so fun to see all the different looking 'Gruffalos' at the end!
We also continued to 'visualize' as we read and listened to the 'Gruffalo' by Julie Donaldson. As we read through the book several times, without pictures, we drew what we heard and pictured in our imaginations. It was so fun to see all the different looking 'Gruffalos' at the end!
During math, we had more fun exploring using the pattern blocks! Early in the week, we used them to review patterns and then transitioned into using them for symmetry. Emily, our math specialist, shared the book Seeing Symmetry by Loreen Leedy. We then practice finding lines of symmetry in a variety of ways ! Be prepared, as they may be looking for symmetry everywhere!
Thank you for sending in your family pictures. The children worked hard on their “piece” of our class family mural and were very excited to share them with the class. Be on the lookout next week for it all to come together!
We have been luck to have Super Monica (our fantastic Spanish teacher), join us for Morning Meetings and Story Time (during our Friday snack)!
We were very excited to welcome back an important member of 1S this week; Puffy, our Diamond Dove! We were so excited that many of us got our sketch pads to draw him during our morning choice time! Welcome back, Puffy!
This morning, we had some special visitors from the 5th grade that came to teach us about the Global Climate Strike that is happening today. 1S had some excellent questions and great ideas for how to take care of the Earth. Please ask your child to share some ways to help the Earth!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you for sending in your family pictures. The children worked hard on their “piece” of our class family mural and were very excited to share them with the class. Be on the lookout next week for it all to come together!
We have been luck to have Super Monica (our fantastic Spanish teacher), join us for Morning Meetings and Story Time (during our Friday snack)!
We were very excited to welcome back an important member of 1S this week; Puffy, our Diamond Dove! We were so excited that many of us got our sketch pads to draw him during our morning choice time! Welcome back, Puffy!
This morning, we had some special visitors from the 5th grade that came to teach us about the Global Climate Strike that is happening today. 1S had some excellent questions and great ideas for how to take care of the Earth. Please ask your child to share some ways to help the Earth!
Min Young and Amanda
