Mr. Young's Classroom: January 21, 2022

Good Afternoon,

I can't believe another week has flown by. We had a fun week with lots going on, so let me jump right in and fill you in. I used Tuesday morning to talk about why we had Monday off. During Morning Meeting, I asked the kids if they had talked about Martin Luther King and why we honor him. Seven of the kids had had some conversations and talked about what they had learned from previous years and from home conversations. It was great to talk about why we were off and about the words of Dr. King. I read the book Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport. We then took the quotes from the book and each child interpreted some of the quotes by drawing pictures and writing their own words of what they thought the quotes meant. Their writings will be in their backpacks today. If you would like to listen to the story we read, check out this link. We will get back to our opinion writing next week, but I wanted to take time to teach and allow the students to learn about Dr. King and why we honor him and his work.

First grade math consisted of us working on adding three digits and explaining how each kid solved the problem. We continued fact fluency practice through our Mad Minute drills, and explored equations where in subtraction situations the subtrahend was missing. "The 2nd graders continued with their measurement unit. They learned a new game where they practiced measuring several objects and then found the difference and sum of those measurements. They also spent time practicing our subtraction facts. During Number Corner this week we looked at different types of graphs. The mathematicians also began to think of fractions that are greater than, less than, and equal to ½."

Mr. Cadwell started his social studies unit this week. Here is what he had to say. "Today we started our Social Studies unit, “Different Communities”. We will be learning about three types of communities––urban, suburban, and rural––and the ways that each community is similar and different to the others. We started our study with an outdoor tour of Waitsfield Village, where we noticed the defining features of our town, and made observations about what makes up a “rural community”. Students made a “drone drawing” of their house and the land around it to further understand their place in our rural community. In the next few days, we will be learning about urban communities, taking a virtual tour of New York City from the Empire State Building, and learning about how the lives of kids in cities are similar and different to ours. I’m looking forward to some great weeks of curiosity, exploration and discovery in this unit!"

We had another great day at the mountain on Wednesday. The weather was great, the snow was deep, and the excitement and joy was unmeasurable. We are certainly fortunate to have the support from our PTA, our volunteers, and the ski mountains to allow each student a chance to enjoy the day with their friends.

NOTES:

*Please remember to send back your child's homework bag each day. Remember, I don't send homework bags home on ski days.

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