We're two weeks in and they have been full...full of establishing routines, learning new processes, and cultivating new friendships.
We start off each day with a quick but meaningful check-in. It's a great way for us to come together as a homeroom and develop our listening and empathy skills.
Then it's off to Town Meeting to reinforce Dr. Schneider's message from assembly and touch base as an SBLC Family.
We've had a blast (pun intended) practicing teamwork in our Mission Impossible challenges...
...and continue to learn more about each other while getting some exercise during WOW time!
In science, we've discussed characteristics of scientists...turns out, we've been scientists all along! In social studies, we learned about how citizens contribute to communities and participated in a gallery walk to share each other's ideas.
In Language Arts, we have been learning the art of writing letters. Mrs. Forrest has been corresponding with us each individually, and we've enjoyed writing back.
Our reading focus has been finding "just right" books...those books that are not too hard, and not too easy! Ask us about the 5 finger test and the bike ride analogy!
We've enjoyed several books together, learning to share ideas and look beyond the surface level of the story. In our talk, we have been discovering how Mrs. Forrest likes to probe us with the question, "Why do you think that?" in an effort to get us to think about our ideas and prove with text evidence.
Our independent reading time has been full of one-on-one conferences, where Mrs. Forrest gets to know our books and us as readers.
Phew, again, a full two weeks! Can't wait until next week!
Remember to sit with your kiddos and talk over their 3,2,1 Blast off review of the week and sign today's entry!
We look forward to sharing even more with you next Thursday at Back to School Night.
Best,
The SBLC teachers
p.s. Mrs. Blake will be submitting this month's Scholastic order Monday afternoon...please send any on-line orders/checks in by Monday morning! :)
Hi , I would really love to know the names and authors of the books you read to the children every day, Noah gets off the bus and he is full of excitement and anticipation to share the COOL book you read at school . I have to get him to slow down and explain it better. Thank you for making learning fun ,excited for another great year at SBLC
ReplyDeleteThank you for your feedback, Lee! I love Noah's enthusiasm for learning...he told me last week that he tells you everything we do each day before he even shows you his agenda! :) I've created a running book list on the right side bar of the blog entitled Books We've Enjoyed Recently. So glad you all are enjoying the year so far!
ReplyDeleteThank you, I have made a note of them :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the GREAT blog entry! This really helps us see what is going on all day, and it looks awesome. Sydney can't stop talking about everything she is learning. I appreciate all you are doing!
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