News from Mrs. Straw Week of Jan. 6

Events:

-Jan 14 Just Read Night

-Jan. 15 2 hour early out

What’s Happening in BUILD:

B (Buddy Games)- Top it with greater than, equal to, and less than symbols.  Students flip over a card and record which number is greater.

U (Using Manipulatives)- More Before and After.  Students draw a number and record the two numbers before and after their number on the card.

I (Indpendently Working)-Fact Family Houses

L (Learning with Numbers)- Problem solving by adding specific amount of tens

D-(Doing Math)- Scootpad on laptops

Notes:

-Our snow make up day from Monday will be made up Feb. 17.  Please watch for more information.

-Just a reminder: We got outside if the temps and wind chill is above 0.  Please make sure your child has their snowpants, snowboots, hats, and gloves.

What’s Happening in Daily 5:

*Listen to Reading (Bookflix)

*Read to Self (I Read, You

Read…Snowman)

*Read to Someone

*Word Work

        -Highlight specific features in   

           Poems

        -Practice reading sight words and

          Phrases

       -Word Journeys (cut and sort words

         and write sentences with words)

*We will be using our work on writing time during our class writing block.

Week in Review:

- We meet with our buddy class on Friday and spent some time reading with them.

-This week we spent some time playing some games on the smartboard.  The games focused on long I and contractions with not.