April

The Shining Shooting Stars have been learning a lot in room 104!

During Reader's Workshop our focus has been on fluency.  Students practiced and performed Reader's Theater for the class.  Sandra Sanford helped to record the children performing on SeeSaw. I hope you have had a chance to listen to them.  Readers have also been learning about punctuation particularly periods, exclamation points, and question marks.

Students completed their "All About" posters during Writer's Workshop.  They are hanging up outside our classroom.  If you are at Rowe be sure to take a peek.   We will be working on opinion writing until April vacation.   Then we will revisit small moments.  

Working on Her All About Poster

Hard at Work on Her All About Poster

  Last week we wrote two opinion pieces.  After reading Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lictenheld students wrote whether they thought the animal was a duck or rabbit and why.  After reading Hey Little Ant by Philip M. Hoose and Hannah Hoose writers wrote whether the little boy should or should not step on the ant.

During math mathematicians created a flower garden matching teen numbers, teen frames, and number sentences.  They played games to practice addition facts.   They learned more about subtraction with the help of Pete the Cat and his groovy buttons.   We played "Mystery Block" to practice identifying different attributes of blocks.

At home:
Ask your child for their opinions and have them explain why?