January 28 - February 1

I hope everyone had a great grandparents day. It was wonderful to see all the parents and grandparents together with the students. I was gone briefly on Tuesday, but the rest of the week has been full of playing, learning, and fun.

Here is what we did this week: Literacy This week our sight words could, his, open, and think. Our phonics focus was the URE sound like in sURE, cURE, and pURE. This is one of the trickier sounds we’ve done. But it’s our last focused sound for phase 3 phonics. We’ll do a general review for the next 1-2 week, and then get a head start on phase 4. Our next Raz-Kids deadline is will be February 20th. Please reach level E by that date

Math We’re still working on doubles addition and large number addition. I a few students also showed interest in reverse addition (how can we make 10? 5+5, 3+7, 4+6, ect) so we spent some time exploring that this week. I think most students are comfortable with at least the concept of addition. So I’d like to start subtraction next week.

Unit of Inquiry We are continuing our Inquiry into reflection. We didn’t do reflection journals this week due to grandparents day and me being sick. I’d like to alter them a bit and start them up again next week. We’ve spent some time working on our YEP dances this week as well. We also started working on the perspective line of inquiry, and are taking inspiration from different artist. On thursday we looked at Yayoi Kusama and her many polka-dots. We made our own polka-dot art which I will hang on the wall as soon as possible.

Announcements I will be out of town on Monday. I’ll be back in the class on Tuesday! Tuesday is picture day, so make sure uniforms are clean on that day. Music class is now on Mondays, so please be sure to bring pianicas Monday morning. The next Raz-Kids deadline is February 20th. Please reach level E by that time. The park is getting a bit cold, so please send your students with a jacket on our park days. Sharing Time Please refer to the sharing time blog post or the sidebar for the sharing time schedule. Next week’s sharing times are Tuesday: Hisaya Thursday: Mitsuki Please bring in a piece of art to share with the class Upcoming Events February 5th: Picture day February 11th: Holiday. No school February 20th: Raz-kids deadline February 22nd: PTC day Thanks everyone! Ms. Aurora