Here we are! End of the first full week of the school year!! We are off to a great start! What a busy week! Here's a quick peak at our week!
Classroom Routines - We are continuing to get to know one another and learn our classroom routines. We have 5 classroom rules that we use and we use hand signals to let Mrs. P know when we need something. We are learning our schedule and will be meeting our Reading and Learning Buddies next week. We began earning our Golden Tickets and learning about the different things you can choose to purchase with your tickets. Golden tickets are earned by Following Rules, Being Kind, Making Good Choices, Being a Role Model anD following The Core Four.
Reading Workshop - We are working on building our Reading Muscles!! As the year progresses, we will work on increasing our Reading Stamina to read independently for longer and longer periods of time. This week, we found cozy reading spots in our classroom - spots that are comfortable so that we can focus in a quiet environment and concentrate on our reading. Next week, we will work on book shopping - choosing books and materials to have in our book bags to read during Reader's Workshop. We will also be getting reading partners to read with and talk about reading with.
Writer's Workshop - We are just getting ready to begin our official Writer's Workshop next week. We will begin by working on Narrative writing - writing small moments stories. Small moments stories are stories w write across pages that tell about something that we have done or that has happened to us. Instead of writing about a big event like a birthday party or a vacation, we choose one small moment to write about and include details.
Math - After exploring math materials for a few days and sharing the important math learning that we can do with each material, we began to play some math games and get ready to begin our Math Workshop. We are working on playing math games like: Collect 20 together, Start with/Get to, Staircases and Mystery Boxes in order continue to develop strategies for accurate counting, develop an understanding of the magnitude and position of numbers and learning to show our mathematical thinking and strategies on paper.
Social Studies - We are working in Open Circle on Creating a Caring Classroom Community by getting to know one another and helping one another brainstorm solutions and solve problems that arise in the classroom and on the playground. We will begin learning about the life of John Chapman, also known as "Johnny Appleseed" next week.
Science - We are talking about weather and using our senses to notice the seasonal changes that are happening. We will be spending more time talking about our senses and noticing the seasonal changes with all of our senses.
Our year is off to a wonderful start! Our class has been receiving many compliments from many staff members in the building, including Mrs. Evans on our behavior in the classroom, the lunchroom and in the halls! We are off and running with our curriculum and learning and I look forward to seeing all of you at Curriculum Night to share more about this and to introduce our First Grade homework.
Feel free to email me with any questions or concerns - dpetrucci@westwood.k12.ma.us.
Mrs. P
