The Maples
6.4 - 6.9
Mark Your Calenders!
- Thursday, June 22 and Friday, June 23 - Half Day for Students (noon dismissal) for Family Conferences
- Monday, June 26 - Eid-al-Fitr - School Closed
- Tuesday, June 27 - Field Day!
- Wednesday, June 28 - Last Day of School (noon dismissal)
Family Conferences Sign Up
On June 22 and June 23 we will have our final Family Conference for the 2016-2017 school year. Click the link below to go to the sign up page. If you have any problems or need to meet at another time please let us know.
Ask Me About
- Taking pictures in our Community Garden
- What animals and statues we made in the Magical Garden game
- How to zoom in on different parts of a tricky word
Reading Workshop
In reading workshop this week we continued to build our skills to dig deeper in to our books. Maples worked on a range of skills from making predictions to zooming in on snap words with inflected endings.We also looked at how to use our reading powers to persevere when patterns in a book change or aren't there at all. The Maples also built up their reading stamina to read independently and with their buddies for longer times.
Math Workshop
This week in math workshop we continued to work on building bigger numbers. Maples applied their knowledge of sorting and grouping to take inventory of a farm stand, challenged each other to make number sets and used an array of strategies to solve story problems.
Writing Workshop
The Maples are working hard on their how to books. This week we worked on adding steps and details to our how to books. The Maples shared and celebrated the progress that they have made so far with their writing partners.
Integrated Unit - Why Do We Garden?
This was a busy week for Maples in the garden. On Tuesday we took a closer look and documented living and non living things in the Compass Garden using cameras, magnifying glasses and our research journals. Later in the week we designed our own gardens complete with trees, plants and paths.