January 4

Yay today it was warm enough for the kids to go outside.  I am also happy to say that I had a bit more voice today than yesterday.  I am so proud of these little people and how quickly they become quiet to ensure I do not have to strain my voice.

In Writer's Workshop today each student practiced writing their own paragraph on a topic of choice.  We first started with the pre-write which helped us organize our ideas.  

We had gym and music today and the most exciting thing happened.  We got our precorders!!!!

After lunch we had DEAR and then moved onto math.  I taught the kids a new math game with dot cards.  This game emphasizes some important multiplication concepts such as equal groups.  It also allowed the students to use a number of different strategies to figure out how many dots there were altogether.  Their partner would take 2-5 cards with equal groups on them and then the other partner would have to use one of their strategies to figure out how many.  Many kids used skip counting and repeated addition.  After this game we work on a page in our visual journals.  We represented 4 different multiplication strategies.  Please ask your child what these strategies are.

Forms were sent home today about Peace Ambassadors and Swimming.  

Have a wonderful evening.