Happy New Year! I apologize for the long overdue blog post - the holidays were a crazy time for everyone and time got away from me!
Here's a quick update on what the class has been working on lately:
We have continued our Animals and Habitats unit of study by studying owls and wolves. We have compared the animals and discussed how they are the same and how they are different. Students have been working hard on different projects in anticipation of our Animals and Habitats showcase later this month. At this time, they will show what they've learned about frogs, salmon, owls, and wolves through a slideshow, projects, writing samples and answering some "expert questions." We hope many of you will be able to join us for this event!
In writing we have been focusing our attention on informative writing and animal reports. In addition to writing about the animals in our ELA unit of study, each student has an animal they have been researching and collecting facts on. These reports will be shared at a later date! :)
In phonics, we have begun tapping out the sounds in simple 3 letter words, blending and segmenting our sounds, as well as spelling these words on our whiteboards. We are learning how to properly write all of our uppercase letters too!
For math, we are moving on from addition of numbers to 10 and will begin learning about subtraction in the next few weeks. Students are practicing these skills through computer programs, math centers, and math workbooks.
End of quarter testing will be taking place in the month of January, both on the computers and in paper and pencil tasks. Expect 2nd quarter report cards on February 1.
Congrats to our December Pride Stars - Ishaly and Carter. Great job! And a happy December birthday to Austin! :)
More updates coming soon!
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