Week of Sept. 29

Events:

-October 8 Dismiss at 2:15

-October 15 Dismiss at 2:15

-Oct. 17 {Mrs. B’s (our student teacher) last day}

Notes:

-I have had a few paper towel rolls turned in.  I am still looking for a few more.

-Every Thursday morning we will be having DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) time. 

-Starting in October I will be awarding Book-It awards for our reading awards along with our other reading incentives. 

-This week was Mrs. B’s last week of teaching the full day.  Next week we will be working with our strategy groups.  I am very pleased with our class with how much respect they have showed her.

BUILD

B (Buddy Games)-Students played penny-nickel exchange.  Students rolled a dice and collected that amount of pennies.  When they had five pennies they traded them in for a nickel.

U (Using manipulatives)-Students manipulated foam pattern blocks into shapes.

I( Independently Working)- Students rolled a dice and doubled the number then colored in the corresponding box.

L(Learning with Numbers)- Students worked with Mrs. B to complete story problems.

D (Doing Math)- Students used the website Scootpad to practice math that is linked to the Iowa Common Core standards.

Week in Review:

- This week we continued our author study about Kevin Henkes.  We read the books Chrysanthemum, Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Owen, and Wemberly Worried.  Throughout the week we compared the characters in each story to other stories written by the same author.  During the story Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse students wrote about what they want to be when they grow up as well as sequenced the story from beginning to end.

-In science we have begun learning about matter.  We starting learning about the attributes of matter: anything that takes up space (solid, liquid, or gas).