Monday

Please remember that order forms for T-shirts for the artist in residence are due tomorrow.

New homework came home today.  Let me know if you have any questions.

We had a blast today sharing our "Me Bags"!  We took each person's items out one at a time and tried to guess whose bag was whose.  Then, students explained a little about themselves based on the items in the bags. It was so fun.  I have taken a picture of each child with his/her items for their portfolios.  At the end of our day at closing circle, students shared one thing they learned about a classmate from the items in the bags.  It was so fun!

In math, we reviewed greater than and less than and how to compare 3 digit numbers. We learned a new way to draw the greater than and less than symbols using dots... ask your child!

Another exciting thing that we did today was pick the first assignment that went in our portfolios! All of the rest of the work came home today.  I will do this on a weekly basis (usually Fridays) so you will see all of the weekly work coming home on Fridays after your child has chosen one item for his/her portfolio. Students reflected on why this item will go into the portfolio (something he/she is proud of, worked hard on, learned something from, enjoyed, etc.) in writing which is in the portfolio as well.

In writing today, we began a weekly assignment called Weekend News. I asked your child to pick one thing that he/she did this weekend about which to write. We planned our writing today on a 5 Finger Planner. We will turn this brainstorm sheet into sentences tomorrow.

For word work, we are focusing on 5 words: don't, her, here, how, mother.  This afternoon, we learned about the third way to read a book which is by retelling it.