News and Information:

10-11-19 Half-day of school, dismissal at 11:45 a.m.

10-14-19 Field Trip to 3 Cedars Farm (permission slips and payment due)

10-16-19 Late Start

10-18-19 Lindbergh’s Haunted School

10-29-19 Picture Re-take Day

10-31-19 Classroom Halloween Party (more information to come).

What We Did This Week

We visited art, gym and music.

We attended our first “First Class” and Monthly Reward Assembly. Students meet in mixed aged groups to learn about one of the 7 Habits – this month was “Being Proactive.”

The Dearborn High School Marching Band performed for the student’s monthly reward party.

ELA (English Language Arts): 

We focused on letters Oo and Ii this week.We are working on answering questions about our read aloud stories including questions about the characters, setting, problem, solution and discussing the roles of an illustrator and author.

We rotated through Daily 5 and students met with me in small literacy groups.

Writing: 

We continue to write and draw in our journals remembering that a good story includes a character and setting. We are also working on adding details to our pictures. Students are taking turns sharing their stories on the classroom whiteboard.

Math:

Math lessons included counting on, the concept of zero, working with numbers 0-5, and attributes of two related objects. We also are starting to form numerals 1-10.

Science:

We completed a Mystery Science lesson on what Scientists do. We took magnifying glasses on a walk around the school to practice “observing.”

Social Studies:

We worked on what our bodies look like when we are showing good listening skills. We introduced a lesson and practiced “focusing our attention.”

The students enjoyed interacting with each other during Free Choice time.

Have a great weekend!