August/September
August/September
We had a great first two days of school! We’ve spent a lot of time getting to know each other and learning our classroom routines. I’m really looking forward to our year together! Read below for more details about our week!
This week we read:
First Day Jitters
A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School
You’re Finally Here
Meesha Makes Friends
Giraffes Can’t Dance
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates
Routines We Learned:
Arrival
Transition Song
Sitting on the rug
Lining Up
Walking in the hall
Using the code word
Responding to the chime
Stack and Pack
In ELA we:
Listened to and discussed many read alouds!
Read Giraffes Can’t Dance. We wrote and drew a picture of something we can’t do yet. We connected this to having a growth mindset- we may not be able to do something yet, but we can practice and learn.
In Math we:
Students explored the following math manipulatives: pattern blocks, unifix cubes, and dominos. These will become some of our work places soon!
Started Number Corner. Number Corner is a daily math routine where we look at the calendar and do various math “workouts”. We started tracking the days in school and came up with equations to match the total. Some examples for the second day of school included 1+1=2, 5-3=2, and 100-98=2.
For SEL we:
Played Find A Friend Who… games to learn more about our interests.
Played a Stand Up, Sit Down game. We asked questions like Stand up if you like the snow and students could look around and make connections with their peers.
Played Four Corners with would you rather questions.
Played Just Like Me to find commonalities between each other.
Had morning meetings and closing circles to build our community. Building community is the focus for the next several weeks. We will learn best when we feel comfortable and safe in our classroom community!