Time Is Flying!!!

Time is quickly flying by in room 11 and I am already seeing growth in each child.  I am sure you are seeing it too!

Things to Remember:

• Please remember to sign up for a conference time
• Please send your child's costume to school on Friday for our Halloween Parade
• Start practicing those math facts on flash cards!  Start with all facts that add up to 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.  They should be fluent.  If you have to count more than 3 seconds it is not fluent. Once you know what is not fluent practice them nightly if possible.  We work on strategies and games throughout math, but reinforcing the fluency is needed at home!

What's Been Happening in Room 11

Language Arts:

• Continued to work with the short vowel I "I...itch...(make short i sound)"
• Build words with the -ig & -ip
• Learned the -ck rule.  We use -ck at the end of words with short vowels.
• Worked with -ack & -ick
• Learned the short o sound "O...octopus...(make short o sound)
• Worked with -op & ock
• Learned the new word wall words:  big, no, go, so, back, he, look, we, if, on, you & mom.  Please practice reading and writing these words at home.
• Continued working on learning more poems 

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• Continued writing in writer's workshop
• Worked on making our stories come to life!  We learned to make characters move and talk.  We learned to tell our stories in small steps
• We are learning from authors how to show excitement (...) and use bold words
• We have been learning different reading strategies to help with comprehension, accuracy, fluency and vocabulary.  Here are some we have learned
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Math:

• Continued to solve  story problems following these steps
• Ask is there more or less
• Write a starting equation (ex. 4 + 2 =  box)
• Show your work
• Write an ending equation (ex. 4 + 2 = 6)
• Label your answer
• Continued learning how you can show more than one combination by playing a variety of games
• Worked on solving for unknowns by playing games with missing parts
• Started math centers

                           

                               

Social Studies:

• Read several books about Christopher Columbus
• Looked at maps to follow his voyage
• Wrote facts we learned about Columbus

Wow Have We Been Busy!!!

Room 11 has been very busy over the last few weeks.  Centers are in full action, routines are established and friendships are growing.

Things to Remember:

• New book orders have been sent home.  If you wish to order, please do so by October 15th.  Just go to the tab at the top of the blog and click the link.

• Picture day is October 9th.  If you wish to order pictures please return the form with your child.

What's Been Happening in Room 11?

Language Arts:

• Learned the routines of all 4 centers:  Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work and Work on Writing.
• Learned the short vowel sound of A (a, apple, a (make short sound)
• Read and built words with the at, ap, am & an chunks
• Called am & an chunks glued sounds
• Learned the short vowel sound of I (i, itch, i (make short i sound)
• Worked with the it and in chunks
• Learned the word wall words:  a, I, see, at, is, me, the, am, an, can, man, dad, and, my in, it, do, like, to.  These words must be read and spelled correctly now that they are on the word wall

• Continued to write in writer's workshop
• Learned to revise our stories by asking questions:  who, what, when, where, why, how?
• Talked about ways to spell words:  word wall, word dictionary, sound it out
• Learned to unfreeze our characters by making them move and making them talk.

Math:

• Learned how to put numbers together playing a variety of games.
• Talked about how to be efficient by counting on
• Learned to solve a story problem following these steps
• Ask is there more or less
• Write a starting equation (ex. 4 + 2 =  box)
• Show your work
• Write an ending equation (ex. 4 + 2 = 6)
• Label your answer
• Began learning how you can show more than one combination by playing a variety of games

Social Studies:

• Learned all about apples
• Read a variety of apple books
• Learned about Johnny Appleseed.  Compared information we learned from two different books
• Talked in open circle about the three point scale and how to adjust our reaction to match the scale