This week, we will continue building out classroom community of readers. We will learn and practice routines and active listening. Our first component of Daily Five, Read to Self, will be introduced. Read to Self is a time when students read, and sometimes respond, independently. In order to help students make the most of their Read to Self time, we will discuss how to select a "just right book". We will learn the acronym I PICK. Please see our I PICK anchor chart photo later this week on the blog! During the week, students will also work on building their reading stamina, as we work on reading independently for an increased amount of time.
Some of our text connections this week include McDuff Moves In, Goldisocks and the Three Libearians (great story for choosing books), and The Kissing Hand. We are also reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as our read aloud book!
In writing, we will introduce our writer's notebooks and our writing folders. Students will complete heart maps in order to develop a sense of what is important to them. This heart map will help with topic selection as students prepare to write personal narratives and will be kept in the reference portion of our writing folders. We will have the school wide baseline writing assessment this week as well.
Unit One in math is underway. Unit One covers topics from first grade, and serves as a review and a way to practice math routines. This week our lessons will cover basic addition facts, grouping by tens, and number patterns.
In science, we are learning about different animal groups. Each day we will learn about one of the following groups: fish, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians. This will lead us into next week when we will begin our unit on frogs.
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