The Maples
2.26 - 3.2
Important Dates
- Monday, March 5: February Birthdays Celebration
- Tuesday, March 6: Author visit order forms due. If you do not have an order form you can download one here .
- Wednesday, March 7: Community Gathering
This Week, We...
- ... worked on how to teach our readers using our nonfiction chapter books in Writing Workshop.
- ... learned how to use an author's voice in Reading Workshop and worked on sharpening our skills in our Guided Reading groups.
- ... launched a new unit The Double Decker Bus during Math Workshop. Maples also began daily afternoon number talks to build strategies and mental math fluency.
- ... sorted living and non living things and learned more about composting as a living system in our Integrated Unit. The Maples also got a crew of worms to help us our composting project.
Next Week We Will...
- ... launch our next unit in Writing Workshop: Writing Reviews!
- ... find new ways to share information we have learned and talk about books we love in Reading Workshop.
- ... explore combinations of numbers and find missing parts in Math Workshop.
Ask Me About...
- ... what worms feel like.
- ... movement games in the classroom.
- ... what system I want to know more about.