WEEK SEVEN

Overview:  

Halloween door!

Week seven marks my last full week at in my first grade placement.  Next week we only have a three day week and then I am off to Norway!   It was a fun week full of school spirit.  We had themed spirit days all week and it was a blast to see all the student and some of the teachers going all out. I also took some time this week to  decorate the classroom for Halloween.  

Spirit Week Themes

Activity Highlights: 

Math

Mid-Module Assessment

Turkey Fact Families

Mid-Module Assessment-  On Tuesday we had our mid-module assessment to evaluate how the student our doing with the material we have covered so far.  I am happy to say everyone preformed very well!

Fact Families-  This week we focused on fact families to help student learn how numbers are related and how addition and subtraction are intertwined. 

Reading

Independent Vowel Sorting

Vowel Practice-  This week in reading we began our reading foundations assessments to provide concrete data on what basic reading skills students know and what they need to work on.  These assessments are done every quarter and involve identifying basic reading skills like know what the first word in a sentence is or how to decode words.  While this testing was being done, student practiced identifying the vowel sound in a word and categorizing it as long or short.  This is a skill that is sometimes very challenging for students but important for reading skills to come. 

Class Comparison Poster

Language Arts

Fairy Tales Unit- This week we started our exciting unit on fairy tales.  In this unit students learn about the parts of a story through different fairy tales.  They also work on compare and contrast skills through reading the different variations on the classic tales.  We also use this unit as an opportunity to get parent in the classroom.  At the end of the unit we have  a readers theater play for parents to come and see.  We have been working hard all week for the play that will be next Wednesday. 

Books We Read:

The Three little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig 

~By James Marshall

The Three Ninja Pigs 

~by Corey Rosen Schwartz

The Three little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig 

   ~By Eugene Trivizas

Student Sample of Ordered Writing 

The Three little Dassies

 ~By Jan Brett

The Three little Javelinas 

 ~By Susan Lowell

Goldilocks and the Three Bears 

 ~By James Marshall

Dusty Locks and The Three Bears

~By Susan Lowell

Teacher Sample: Bear Craft

The Three Snow Bears

~By Jan Brett