Boy was there excitement in school today. Our fire alarms sounded due to a faulty alarm sensor. The class was fantastic. We exited the building quickly and quietly. The Lumberton Fire Department came along with Lumberton Police. The alarm company has been notified and this problem will be fixed. We all enjoyed the beautiful blue skies and warm weather but cheered when the firefighters came out and gave us the all clear sign for us to go back in and LEARN!!!
Thank you for all the parents who attended Back to School Night. I enjoyed meeting each and every one of you. I hope you found the night informative. If you have not signed up for “Packed with Stuff about Me” (a.k.a. your child’s family week), let me know and I can assign you a date.
During our Reading Workshops this week, we focused on working with our reading partners. We learned how to listen and take turns, where to meet on the “field,” how to read shoulder to shoulder with each other, and the importance of keeping order during our Readers’ Workshop. We read The Day that Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash to understand the difference between order and chaos.
In Writer’s Workshop, the students are working hard on stretching out sounds and trying our best. We also have added words to our word wall and the students are now using the word wall as another tool for our Writer’s Workshop. It is great to see their learning come to life. I live for those “ah-ha” moments in teaching. Today we explored extending our writing. We used a small moments writing we wrote earlier this week and added more details and feelings to it.
Math is so much fun. We played Top-it in class. This is a great activity for comparing numbers. When it was time to move to another activity the children all moaned and said they wanted more time. Some even said they did not even know they were doing math. That’s a good thing. I tell the class that I am always sneaking math in everything, because just like reading, MATH is everywhere!!!!
Things to Remember:
If your child is not able to tie their own shoes, please practice at home. This is a skill that should be mastered this year.
Next week we will be learning about apples and Johnny Appleseed.
No school on Wednesday, due to Yom Kippur.
