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| Drawing in the Park |
Well week seven has come and gone and we are on the eve of a 4 day break for the students. I truly hope
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| Celebrating Leaves! |
each and everyone of you can find some time to get outside this weekend and enjoy the colors and beauty that nature is providing this fall. Speaking of leaf peeping, that is exactly what we did on Wednesday. We used the morning to enjoy the tradition of leaf peeping. We walked along the side walk and made our way to the pocket park and the covered bridge. The students found comfortable spots to sit and draw two pictures of the scenery. As they were working, I found myself reflecting on how lucky I am to teach and live in the community I do. It was so great to see the kids sitting on rocks, laying on the grass and working away in their illustrations. When we got back to the room the students used colored pencils and crayons to enhance their illustrations. We also read the Leaf Thief by Alice Hemming. "Squirrel is so cross. Yesterday there were loads of beautiful leaves on his tree, but today? Today some are missing and Squirrel is convinced that someone has stolen them... there's a leaf thief on the loose! Join Squirrel on a mission to find the culprit, and meet so many fun animals on the way, while you find out how the world takes on different colors as the months pass by. A laugh-out-loud book about the changing seasons.
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| Writing like a scientist |
We also continued to write like scientist today. The students used their knowledge of drawing diagrams, labeling them, and adding color to enhance them as they each colored and wrote about their apple observations and leaves that they had collected. Kids used hand lenses to capture zoomed in observations and also learned to write I notice statements.
The students each were given their own sight word rings this week. These are words that they are working on spelling and often can;t be sounded out. The students learned a few ways in which they can practice these words in order to get to "mastery." The students get two weeks to work on these words and then are tested. Words that they get correct are taken off the ring and new ones are added. Each student is always working on 10 different words.
We are very fortunate to have a handful of parent volunteers this year. These volunteers started to come in this week. You may hear the students talking about them. I am truly appreciative of all that are able to help out this year.
NOTES:
*There is 1 more book coming in for a student and then all of the books from the Scholastic order will have been handed out.
*This week we had a bus evacuation drill. This is a planned event that allows students to hear the procedure and practice getting off the bus in case of an emergency. This is a required drill and is done once a year.
*The weather is certainly getting cooler. Please make sure to send your child in with a sweatshirt, fleece, and/or jacket for recess time.
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| Learning 4 Square with Ms. Ally |
*This week's specials were library, guidance, french and PE. In PE, Ms. Ally continues to introduce and go over rules of games that kids can play at recess. Make sure to check in with your child about their specials classes from the week.
That is all for now. I hope you all have a great weekend. I am headed to see my oldest daughter at her college and will even get to see her compete with her team in a cross country race. It should be a a lot of fun.
Peace,
Mr. Young
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| Sight Word Work |
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| Enjoying Read to Self Time |
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| A Little Math Too |
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| Playing Tourist |
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| Glasses Twins |
