Rocking in our School Shoes!

Important Dates:
Wednesday, September 13 - early release (12:15)
Monday, September 18 - first library day
Monday, September 18 - Picture Day

We are working hard as a team to create our classroom expectations and learning community. One of our big goals this week is listening when someone is talking. I am seeing improvement in it already!

We are also developing classroom routines and expectations. We have developed classroom jobs. And today we put together materials for our Take a Break table.

Literacy:
This was a great week of some of my favorite books! We started the week with Pete the Cat, Rocking in my School Shoes. We used this book to work on building a sense of school community. As a class, we wrote a big book that shoes Pete rocking in his JFK shoes!

Next, we moved onto talking about hopes and dreams. Building our hopes and dreams is an important part of Responsive Classroom. This process has the kids realizing what they like, what they want to learn, and to be future thinkers (thinking ahead and setting long term goals). Our first book we have used to spark our thinking is Happy Dreamer by Peter Reynolds. I will let you know when everyone's hopes and dreams are published and hanging up. Make sure to ask your child about what ideas they have for their hopes and dreams.

Math:

I co-teach math with Sarah Forbes. We are working on understanding numbers, representing numbers, and ways to organize representations. We also are learning how to explain our thinking and listen to understand while others share. Some of the math we are working on right now is a review while we learn how to use mathematical habits of thinking and interaction. Ask your child to tell you about 10's Frames! We ended the week playing a game of In the Doghouse! Students worked on different concepts, including: number identification, addition and subtraction.