School in Holland

This week we have a teacher, Sissi, from Holland come visit and help in our classroom. She taught us about Holland and share with us a video about her school and students.She talked to us about life in Holland and brought us a book about Holland and shared a treat with us. It was fun sharing ideas and I hope one day that Crocker Farm teachers can visit her school to gain ideas and knowledge to bring back.

Here's a quick look at our learning this week:

ELA-Students have become more independent and comfortable with our ELA centers. We are doing daily guided reading and written response that is differentiated. Students are working in pairs, groups and independently. We are finishing up the Superkids unit next week and will move from digraphs (wh, th, sh, ch, tch) into endings -ng and -le. Students are practicing tricky memory words: what, where, when, why, who, which. Students also wrapped up their small moment writing and will be starting "How To" writing next week.

Math-Students have been working on using the part/part/total model to solve for the total and missing part. We have been using the number line as a tool to count and practicing counting on from a larger number, when adding larger numbers. Students can also skip count by 2's, 5's and 10's and are able to show the jumps on a number line. We will look at frames and arrows next week and students will look at "rules".

Unit Study-We continued our work in mindfulness and our social/emotional curriculum with 2nd Step. Next week we will start to talk about families. We have 1-2 families interested in sharing their traditions with the class. If you are interested, please let me know!

Reminders:

Our class potluck in on 11/8 from 5:30-6:30. Please rsvp and let me know what you plan on sharing! The more the merrier!

On 12/8 we will go to Academy of Music for a performance of the Nutcracker Ballet. Please return your child's permission slip as soon as possible. Space is limited and we need to get them in early in order to go!

Wish List-classroom snacks!