Classroom Snapshot

 Hello Families!!! I hope everyone had a great and restful weekend. I cannot wait to get back to school tomorrow to see those sweet faces! This post is a delayed post from Friday. I just wanted to quickly share a few things about last week.

Last Week We...

• Had our first ever read-a-thon! Students had so much fun getting to read to self with their sleeping bags, blankets, and pillows. All their sleeping gear came in handy too, as it was very chilly in our classroom that day. (Quick Reminder: Please dress your child in layers, as we are still trying to problem solve our new air conditioning units. Somedays it has been very chilly and other days it has been very warm. We have been promised it will be fix soon! ) All in All, students had a blast on this day!
• Continued to build stamina in Reading to Self and Working on Writing. Students were able to build stamina to 17 minutes in read to self and 7 minutes in working on writing.
•  also introduced another one of our daily 5 routines, which is Read to Someone. Students were very excited about this addition. As a class we discussed, what the expectations are for this routine.  We further discussed how this will be the most difficult routine of our Daily 5, and immediately students knew exactly why. They all responded because we are working with someone. Exactly! So we made sure to model the correct and incorrect way to Read to Someone.
• also expanded our knowledge of communities and to took a much needed brain break after one of our discovery testing sessions,  and invited Mrs. Weber's 2nd grade class to watch a movie with our class entitled, Cities. Students were so awesome as we watched this video! You would have never guessed there were 50+ kids there. 
• introduced math topics adding doubles, adding near doubles, and adding in any order. 

Those were just a few of our learning adventures we had last week, and I can't wait to get into this week. 

A few reminders:

• We are collecting non-pershible food for Creekside Cares, which is an awesome program that helps Grand Prairie Families that are in need. Our Class would love to also thank all the families that have donated so far! 
• Remember to sign student's homework logs each night. 
• Students have been bringing home sight word flash cards for the last 2 weeks. Please be sure to study these words with your students nightly for their test on Friday. Also, make sure to keep the words in a safe place and practice throughout the year because students will be assessed on these words again at the end of the year.
• This week we will begin having Mrs. Dassinger, the social worker, coming in on A days to work with our students using the second step program. The program program helps to teach students the skills needed to be successful both socially and academically. Students received this program in 1st grade with Mrs. Dassinger, and responded very well to the program. So we are super excited to continue the program in 2nd grade. This instruction will take place every A day from 2:20-3:00.

Have a great night!