Heart Words This Week

Your child will be bring home the words to some of the sight words songs we have been learning in school.

Reading Workshop

Working with A Partner

Grace Lin

Working with a partner we are retelling different parts of Grace Lin books

Lissy's Friend

The Red Thread

More Grace Lin Stories We have Read this Week

S...is for Sam

Reading Times

During Shared Reading time we have been reading big books staring Mrs. Wishy-Washy. We have been searching for words that have the SH sound.

Queen Of Ten

The Queen of Ten came for a visit yesterday! We counted by tens and fives. She had us count backwards to figure out the last time she came for a visit and we made addition equations focusing on the number 10.

Grace Lin

We started a new author's study this week Grace Lin. This is very exciting because she will be visiting Bates in a few weeks.

Some of the books we have read by Grace Lin.

IS Black Really Black???

Science Investigation Question What colors do you think make up the color black? Working in small groups we tried to figure out what colors make up the color black. We did this experiment on the stay day afternoons with KG. We returned to this activity for a second time with the whole class. Not every group experiment worked!! We talked at large group time about how this really happens with scientist and that sometimes you have to change something in the experiment to get results.

We also figured out what colors make up the color brown.

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Sharing favorite parts and readings some of her books.

This Plus That

What comes after 1 + 1? Just about anything! In this fanciful collection, Amy Krouse Rosenthal puts together unexpected combinations that always add up to something special. Whether it's "wishes + frosting = birthday" or "birds + buds = spring," each equation is a small delight. This Plus That shows again and again that life's total experience is always greater than the sum of its parts.

We made our own version of This Plus That

Sticky Dot Details

We are learning about Sticky Dot details. This mini lesson uses a manipulative-sticky dots-as an incentive to add details to a topic. Students have been encourage to think about two details. When a student has a detail they get a sticky dot on the back of their hand. The dots are then used to remind them to write the details down on paper. After each detail the student will place a sticky dot. Not only does it serve as a reminder of the detail needed when writing, but it aides in the planning before writing.