The Maples
1.30 - 2.3
Announcements
- Our Family Unit is in full swing. If you have not yet sent in pictures of your family please do so as soon as possible. You can send them in with your student or email them to campbell@brooklyncompass.org or sarascott@brooklyncompass.org
- Dont forget to send the canvas book bags back with your student on Monday
Integrated Unit - Family Study
This week we began our exploration in to the many expressions of family. We read books about visiting relatives, adopting baby sisters and more. We launched our family word wall to help students better understand relationships within families. We also started creating pages for a Maple Class Family Book.
Math Workshop
This week in math workshop we focused on increasing and decreasing numbers. The Maples learned two new games to help with our number concepts: Racing Bears and One More, One Less.
Word Study
Letter Sounds
The Maples continued their work in letter sounds, focusing on the Gg and Ff sounds. We also learned a new song:
Old Mister Rabbit
You have a mighty habit
of jumping in my garden
And eating all my cabbage.
Rhyming
The Rhyming Group used I Can't Said the Ant to make connections between letter placement sounds.
Writing Workshop
This week in writing workshop we focused on how writers expand their ideas across several pages. The Maples made scrolls to keep their ideas in order. They also worked with their buddies in the Elm class to create folding books.
Ask Me About
- Two new games "Pop" and "Koseeki"
- Why we picked our book from the Book Fair
- What my Elm buddy and I both like