Budding Friendships

All of the time together learning, talking, eating, and partnering has led to many budding friendships! Our class has a wonderful sense of humor, and can be found sharing jokes, riddles, and just being silly. The joyful classroom environment has also settled down from the beginning of the year as everyone gets into the flow of learning.

Eating Outside

Last week we were invited to sit outside the Clancy Group, and they even put out picnic tables for us! We learned the reason the business has a big red bulldog out front… The owner LOVES bulldogs and sculptures… and continued to develop community.

Literacy

Please come to our Literacy Curriculum Night next Thursday, October 6th from 7:00pm-9:00pm. Lisa and I will explain all the aspects of the Literacy curriculum, and share with you all the components that lead to reading and writing fluency. We hope that everyone can make it!

Math Groups

We have a very hands on manipulative based curriculum. We have started the study of place value, exploring ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands. Using base ten blocks and corresponding cards we played around with making very big numbers and reading them… 5,322! In partners and pairs the students worked together to make 2 big numbers, collect the blocks, and then added the numbers together! Today and tomorrow we are playing a Trading Game where students roll dice to acquire ones, training them for tens, and finally trading tens with a hundred and next week we will add another twist.

Theme

We continue to explore the classroom and are learning to work together cooperatively. The class is becoming so comfortable knowing where all our materials and supplies are kept, can set-up activities for friends, and clean-up responsibilities!

Happy Weekend!

Jen, Lisa, and Susan