Friday, November 18th

 Hello Families, 

Here is the long awaited update! We have been busy learning in Room 13!

Upcoming Dates: 

  •  November 21-27: Book Fair 
  •  November 24-25: Parent Conferences 
    • 24: evening conferences 
    • 25: daytime conferences (no school for students) 
    • Please sign up for at time slot (15 min) if you have not already done so! 
  • December 15-Winter Concert, more details to come!

Math

We have continued to develop our ability to represent numbers through using a number line, using base 10 or expanded and standard form. Grade one's are working with numbers to 100 and grade two's numbers to 1000. Through using dice and white boards, students were able to create their own numbers at a level they were comfortable at-mild, medium or spicy! Using templates, they could demonstrate their knowledge. Students then created their own Place Value Monster that we can't wait to share with you at conferences.






Language Arts

We have been working on our printing practice through journal writing and Writer's workshop. We are using the terms sky, grass, dirt to practice proper placement of our letters as well as the terms spaghetti and meatballs to use proper spacing between not only our words but our letters too. 

We have also been busy learning about how to make our writing more exciting by using sensory language and synonyms. Using the book, The Best Part of Me, students have chosen the best part of themselves. Through using a brainstorming page and sentence starters, students have created their own writing piece that we will also share with you at conferences. Here is a sneak peak!










We started on our Words Their Way "Word Work Groups." All grade 1/2 students will be working with their Word Work Groups for the last part of the day (2:10-2:35). This is just a portion of our literacy instruction which is targeted at supporting students individual next steps. Ask your child which teacher they are working with!

Word Work Groups
In Ms. Midgley's Word Work Group students have been learning about digraphs. Digraphs are two letters that go together to make one sound. This week we learned about the SH sound and sorted pictures based on whether they started with s, h or sh. Students who were ready for the challenge also used the corresponding words. We learned about the Animated Literacy character Sheriff Shadrack and his Shaggy Sheep - ask your child about the sound and action for 'sh.'

In Ms. Greenhall's Word Work Group students have been learning about consonants. This week we reviewed the letters B, S, M and R using the Animated Literacy actions. We then cut and sorted pictures that start with these letters. Ask your child about the actions for B, S, M, and R. In Ms. Lacour's Word Work Group students have been learning about vowels. This week we reviewed short "A" and looked at the "AT" word family. We then sorted pictures to match the corresponding words. Ask your child about words in the "AT" family.

In Ms. Romanko's Word Work Group students have been learning about blends, inflected endings and novel study. Blends or are groups of consonants whose sounds blend togetherEach letter within the blend is pronounced individually, but quickly, so they ‘blend’ together. This week we worked on the blend 'ST' and sorted pictured based on whether they started with s, t, or st. Students attempted to write out labels for their pictures if they had time. Our inflected endings group worked with the plural endings 's' or 'es'. They looked for patterns in words to know when to add an 's' or an 'es'. The base words ending is sh, ch, s, or x needed an 'es'. If there was already the letter 'e' on the end of a word, it only needed an 's'. It was tricky but in the end all of the students understood the difference! We have a few students working on reading comprehension. These students were given a short passage to read and answer questions following their reading. They all did amazing and will move on to a short novel study next week.

In Ms. Gierl & Ms. Green's Word Work Group, students are learning about Common Long Vowels. We began our learning this week focusing on the different sounds like A makes. We explored short A sounds such as "cat, cap, trap" and long A sounds such as "tray, pail, rain, hay." We began sorting using picture cards into short A and long A columns and some students extended their learning by brainstorming additional words that would fit into each category. Our next steps will challenge us to move forward with short and long A sounds in word form.

Looking forward to seeing you all next week to chat about each of your children!
Ms. Romanko

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