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This week, we had another author study and read books written by David Shannon. Here are some of the important things we learned...
Our centers this week included finding and writing CVC words, reading the book No, David! and writing adjectives to describe David, playing CVC games including "Say It, Pop It, Write It", writing about Bad Case of Stripes, meeting in reading groups, reading books on RAZKids, playing CVC BINGO, and more!
In Reading, we were introduced to the comprehension strategy of visualizing. We made inferences to a poem about cats and drew the pictures we made in our minds as we listened to the poem. We make text to self connections to a story, talked about punctuation marks, echo read to build oral fluency, and learned to self monitor for comprehension while reading independently.
During Phonics this week, we focused on tapping out sounds and switching out beginning and ending sounds in words. We wrote the sounds we hear. We revisited the sounds for /t/ and /n/, learned the word "play", added the -s ending to make words plural, and wrote about the story Sam and Nan Play.
For the next few weeks in our mySci unit, River Rescue, we will figure out key earth science and engineering concepts as we identify the problem of water pollution in our area caused by humans. We will investigate the problem by identifying and sorting different items by their properties, and researching how garbage pollution impacts other living things. We will make connections between how the garbage pollution caused by humans can negatively impact other living things, but also how humans can make choices to help other living things! We will use what we've learned about the problem to develop and test solutions that push and pull objects out of the water. We will explore other creative environmental solutions around the globe, and share our ideas for how to clean up garbage in the Mississippi River.
In this week’s Second Steps lesson, we wrapped up our unit on feelings by reviewing what clues we can look at to figure out how someone is feeling. Then we reviewed what we can do when we feel an overwhelming feeling.
Winter Break 12/22-1/5
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