Mrs. Szafranski's Class
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Week 6: September 22-26
Important Information
College GO! Week
This is College GO! week in Indiana. Students are encouraged to wear their favorite college apparel/colors on Thursday, September 25. I'll be in my cream & crimson!
Grandparents Day
Grandparents Day is celebrated around the US in September. We would like to invite grandparents to visit our school and classroom on Friday, September 26 from 10-10:40am. Students will have the opportunity to interview their grandparents, read and complete different activities, and give their grandparents a tour of our classroom. We ask that grandparents do not stay for lunch, as our lunchroom is already very crowded! Background checks are not required for grandparents.
Week 6 Curriculum
Writing: Small Moments (taking a moment from a personal narrative and strrretching it out)
Grammar: Common nouns
Math: Wrapping up addition strategies, subtraction strategies
Social Studies: Map skills
Wordly Wise Vocabulary Words (Lesson 2):
accident, acrobat, alarm, bounce, enormous, gap, scoop, support, tangle, weigh
*Vocabulary Test on Friday, October 3
Words Their Way Sight Words:
out, as, be, have, go
*Spelling Quiz on Thursday, October 2
Mark Your Calendar!
- September 25 - College GO! Day
- September 26 - Grandparents Day
- September 26 - PTO Movie Night
- October 1 - Picture Retakes
- October 3 - Book Orders Due
- October 20-22 - Parent Conferences
- October 23 & 24 - Fall Break
Related Arts Schedule
- Monday 9/22 - PE
- Tuesday 9/23 - Music
- Wednesday 9/24 - Art
- Thursday 9/25 - PE & Library
- Friday 9/26 - Music
Snapshots from our week
A favorite moment from the week: While practicing doubles facts, we came across some algebra problems in which shapes represented unknown numbers. Many students were stumped at this tricky concept. I wrote "ALGEBRA" on the board (they loved saying algebra over and over) and we tried out some practice problems, such as triangle + triangle = circle. If circle = 10, what does triangle equal? After trying out a few, the kids were really getting it. Kelsey said it was like speaking a special math language! I thought that was such a neat way to think about it! A new way at looking at missing addends/sums.
TCE is now focusing on a new social skill every two weeks. This week's skill is using good manners. I love this because although we are always working on social skills, I think it's a great idea to "feature" a new one every so often. The students notice good manners more in each other and make a conscious effort to be more well-mannered.
Kaiden, Natalie, Rex, & Jenna
Jaycie, Mila, Moukthika, Maya, & Garrett
Avrey, William, Jude, Dalton & Kelsey
Zane, Kian, Maisey, Genevieve & Riley K. perform their citizenship skit!
A sample algebra problem we tried
Riley B. hamming it for the camera:)
Kaiden & Mila sort their words
Genevieve & Luke do a blind writing sort
Garret & Zane work together with their words
Garrett listens to a story
Ryne uses sticky notes to mark examples of cause & effect
Elinor enjoys listen to reading!
Riley B. & Mila keep track of the numbers during Mystery Skype
Students record on their 120 charts during Mystery Skype
Avrey asks the other class a question
Mrs. Lynn Szafranski
Email: lszafranski@hse.k12.in.us
Website: http://www.hse.k12.in.us/TCE/home.aspx
Location: Thorpe Creek Elementary School, East 126th Street, Fishers, IN, United States
Phone: 317-594-4310 (1434)
Twitter: @MrsSzafranski