- This week I introduced our first reading log. Students make a pile of books as they read them, and then count the number of books read at the end of independent reading time. They record how many books on a book log labeled with each day of the week. We do this to help stay engaged in our books, keep track of our reading, and build our stamina.
- We are working on tapping out CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words. Homework will be sent home weekly for a while for students to practice tapping our sounds to read words. Use the word lists sent home at the beginning of Unit 3 in the Fundations Letter.
- We are recognizing/reading/writing word family words. For example: pet, jet, vet, wet, get
- Many students are now reading books with dialogue. We are paying attention to when we see talking (quotation) marks and reading the word "said".
This Week in Writing:
- Our new writing ditty is:
Think, think, think
Touch and Tell
Write
and Revise, and Revise!
- We think of a small moment from our lives, touch each page as we tell the story across the pages to plan how the story will go. We then start writing using all we know about letters/sounds/words to get our ideas down on the paper. When "finished" we go back into our book, read it to make sure it makes sense and revise to "fix it up", and add details to our words and pictures. We are using "revision pencils" to add to our books. The revision pencils are colored pencils. This helps us to see the work students do to make their good books great!
This Week in Math:
- We created and discussed two graphs this week. We graphed our pets and found out that the pet that most people in our class have is a cat. The pets that the fewest people have are snakes and hamsters. We also made a graph of our favorite cookie type snack in class. We found out that most people in our class like chocolate chip teddy grahams the best.
- We've been working hard on reading, drawing, and writing out number problems using the addition and subtractions symbols.
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