October 23, 2022

 It was another busy, fun and productive week in Room 114! We had a blast learning about pumpkins and going on a leaf hunt in science, we loved using dominoes in math to practice adding numbers and we were so excited to start publishing one of our small moment stories in Writer's Workshop! I look forward to another wonderful week of learning and fun ahead! 🙂

The children have been working SO hard in FUNdations to apply the phonics rules we have been learning to their spelling! Last week we took our FUNdations lessons to the next level and the children practiced writing and scooping full sentences! Way to go writers! ✏

Last week our read alouds continued to focus on kindness and being a good friend!

In Reader's Workshop last week we worked in partnerships and groups to work on building great reading habits! 📚

Last week in science we dissected a pumpkin and learned all about its parts and life cycle! 

During our Guidance lesson with Mrs. Tilton on Wednesday, we talked all about feelings! 

The Mathematicians of Room 114 had so much fun playing domino games last week to practice their addition skills! 🁘

The weather was perfect last week for a leaf hunt and for leaf related science activities! 🍂

⭐ Resources⭐

Click here to check out a virtual pumpkin library!

Click here to practice counting by 2's just like we have been practicing in math! 

⭐The Week Ahead ⭐ 

Our Specials this Week

Please see our schedule below for the upcoming week!

Monday (Day 4) Media/STEM *Library books are due!*

Tuesday (Day 1) PE *Don't forget your sneakers!*

Wednesday (Day 2) Art

Thursday (Day 3) Music

Friday (Day 4) Media/STEM

FUNdations

This week in FUNdations we will begin Unit 3 in our program, which will focus on reading and spelling words with the consonant digraphs: wh, ch, sh, th and ck. We will also review when to use a question mark when writing and how to read with accuracy.

Reader's Workshop 📚

This week in Reader's Workshop we will wrap up our unit on building good reading habits by celebrating all that we have accomplished over the last few months! We will also set new goals as we look ahead to our next reading unit, which we will begin next week!

Writer's Workshop 🖊

This week in Writer's Workshop we will publish and share one of our favorite small moment stories that we have written during this unit!

Math 🖩

This week we will begin unit 2 of our math program! In this unit students will count, compare and add with dominoes, learn how to write fact families and solve story problems, and apply fact strategies. We will also practice counting by fives and tens.

⭐Important Dates ⭐ 

October 26th

In-person Parent/Teacher Conferences

6 PM - 8 PM

October 28th

Early Release

12:25 Dismissal

In-person or virtual Parent/Teacher Conferences

1:15 PM - 3:15 PM

November 3rd

Virtual Parent/Teacher Conferences

6 PM - 8 PM

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

I look forward to connecting with you soon!

Warmly,

Jill 🍂