Important Dates:
December 25-January 2: No School
January 10: Early Release
January 10: Early Release
Hour of Code:
Last week, every classroom in JFK celebrated Hour of Code. During this time, students had the opportunity to work on introduction to coding concepts. They loved it and everyone did a great job! We used an app from Kodable for our Hour of Code. This is a free app you can download to an iPad.
Winter Performance:Thanks to everyone who was able to come to the winter performance! The students sounded great! They worked really hard on the songs in music class and it showed in their performance. The students' mandalas were hanging in the hallway. The students made these in art class.
Literacy:
We are finishing up our literacy units next week. Our unit during reader's workshop has been learning all the good habits that readers use when starting a book, working with a partner, and solving hard words.
In writing, we have been working on our small moments, writing about a small event that happened to us. In our writing, we have learned to use dialogue, movement, and feeling words. I am so impressed with what the writers have done!
Math:
We are also coming to the close of our second math unit. This unit has built on all the concepts of our first unit. The mathematicians are becoming more flexible with numbers and how to break them apart and put them back together. They are also becoming more flexible in their thinking.
We also celebrated our time with the St. Mike's buddies. These college students came in every Friday during math to work with the students. We had a pizza party and enjoyed time together.
We are finishing up our literacy units next week. Our unit during reader's workshop has been learning all the good habits that readers use when starting a book, working with a partner, and solving hard words.
In writing, we have been working on our small moments, writing about a small event that happened to us. In our writing, we have learned to use dialogue, movement, and feeling words. I am so impressed with what the writers have done!
Math:
We are also coming to the close of our second math unit. This unit has built on all the concepts of our first unit. The mathematicians are becoming more flexible with numbers and how to break them apart and put them back together. They are also becoming more flexible in their thinking.We also celebrated our time with the St. Mike's buddies. These college students came in every Friday during math to work with the students. We had a pizza party and enjoyed time together.
