First thing today, we had math where we talked about place value. Students are learning how to count by 10's and 100's with numbers like 398 and 402 etc. We build with blocks to show that as soon as we have 10 of one kind of block, we need to trade for the next size block. This is the beginning of regrouping! It's very exciting to see those light bulbs going off as they show understanding!
After PE, snack and a movement break we signed our class rules which we came up with yesterday. You will see them tomorrow night at Open House. We read 2 picture books today: Officer Buckle and Gloria and The Best Story. The second book was a springboard for conversation about what we can write about. Then we launched our writing workshop where students wrote about topics of their choice! I modeled by giving them ideas of what I would write. They had time to talk before writing and then we took out our writer's notebooks. We had time for a few shares before lunch.
In the afternoon, we read our chapter book and then read a poem called "My Good Ol' Backpack". We picked out the rhyming words from this poem and talked about apostrophes. Finally, we did some stations today: fluency folders, multi-link cubes, and portfolio papers.
We ended our day with Cooseeki, a game we play where one student has to guess the secret leader.
Open House is tomorrow night: 6:30. I hope to see you!
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