January 7, 2023

2023 is already off to a fabulous start in Room 114!

 I look forward to another wonderful week ahead! 😃

In both Reader's and Writer's Workshop we are focusing on the genre of nonfiction! We had a blast this week learning more about nonfiction and exploring lots of different topics!

In math we made a human number line to kick-off our new unit!

On Thursday, our math coach Mrs. Rinaldi, came into our classroom and presented us with a fabulous ST Math progress tracker poster! We are going to track our progress as a class weekly to stay focused on our ST Math goals and to participate in a fun project that ST Math is sponsoring! Thank you Mrs. Rinaldi! Keep up the amazing work Mathematicians!

This week we started to learn about growth mindset by talking about our brains and how they work. Ask your child what their brain can be compared to to see what they have learned so far!

During our bi-weekly visit with Mrs. Tilton, we discussed setting new goals in the new year! Take a look at your child's work from the lesson to see what they want to focus on in 2023!

⭐The Week Ahead ⭐ 

Our Specials this Week

Please see our schedule below for the upcoming week!

Monday (Day 2) Art

Tuesday (Day 3) Music

Wednesday (Day 4) Media/STEM

Thursday (Day 1) PE

FUNdations

In FUNdations this week we will continue to focus on blending, reading and spelling words with the glued sounds: ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, ong and unk. We will also learn to read and spell the heart words: why, by, my, try, put, two, too, very, also, some and come.

Reader's Workshop 📚

In Reader's Workshop this week we will continue to learn about nonfiction reading strategies! We will discuss how nonfiction readers read each page of a book closely. We will also learn that readers learn more by chatting with other readers about their books and readers reread to deepen their understandings.

Writer's Workshop 🖊

Our focus will continue to be on the genre of nonfiction in Writer's Workshop! We will talk about how writers think of nonfiction topics to write about and will then start writing pieces of our very own!

Math 🖩

In math we will continue to practice adding and subtracting on a number line through fun games and activities.

⭐Important Dates ⭐ 

January 13th

No School

Staff Training Day

January 16th

No School

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Thank you so much for all of your

support and for everything that you do!

I look forward to our continued work together in 2023!

Warmly,

Jill 🎉