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Monday, April 18, 2022

Second Week in April


Quiet Time Mindful Coloring 
This can be at your desk or on your yoga mat.


 



Math: Addition, creating number families and number sentences to 5.




Enjoying some of the nicer days! ☀️


Choice Time: Q-Tip Painting


Choice Time: making cards or pictures


Choice Time: Marble Trax


Building the course

Testing out the ramps and slopes with the marble!



Tuesday was Pajama/Stuffy Day!
Morning Meeting Share time: Introducing the stuffy





Science: A powerpoint lesson on Living and Non-Living things.


Independent Work: Living and Non Living Sort
How do you know?






Reading: Private Reading with your stuffy!















Reading: Reading to their stuffy was a hit!
At this time a year the children have worked up to 12-15 minutes of reading alone.
If you can work this in at home it would be beneficial to your child.


Partner Reading to the stuffy.


Reading
Word Study: am


Handwriting this week: lowercase k.
Practicing on the chalkboards.
Wet try, dry try: sponge, chalk & paper towel.




Lowercase k in the handwriting book.


Handwriting Book: Words For Me & Sentence work practice.

 The children's stuffed animals wait for the children's return.


Morning Meeting Share



Writer's Workshop: writing and drawing a page for the next birthday book.


Writer's workshop: listening for sounds in words and using resources 
such as name chart, and word wall.



Recess!


Wednesday's read aloud.


Choice Time: Q-Tip painting


Marble Trax is popular!
The children are awaiting a turn!



Pretend: Fairy House


Choice Time: About once a week, iPad is a choice on the choice chart.


Thursday morning we celebrated our next birthday.
His birthday will occur Friday when we are on vacation.
Singing Happy Birthday at Morning Meeting!


Leading calendar jobs.


Science: Learning about Living and Non Living with BrainPopJr. 


Thursday's Read Aloud
A great story by Barbara Cooney.
We have been discussing Earth Day!


Writer's Workshop: Writing How To Books.
Learning to use a writer's checklist.

Partner Reading


Quiet Time: Yoga Thursday


Special visitors: Mrs. Marsden's second graders visit to share the stories they have written.














Mr. Manjourides came down to wish him a happy birthday.
Displaying the certificate and book he chose.

I hope the children have a wonderful vacation!