What’s Up in Room 200?
Last week was only 4 days long, but we got a ton done! We read poetry every morning and identified favorite lines as well as rhyming words. We read more of Year of the Panda independently, then had literature circle discussions under the tent on the playground. We also researched pandas in the wild and found information about their habitat, their diet, and their physical features. We discussed a great book about voting rights called Around America to Win the Vote. We practiced using 2 vocabulary words in sentences: AVID and BELLIGERENT. Please try using those at home!
During Math time, we worked on more two step problems and created bar graphs. We also practiced our math skills on Freckle and Prodigy. We practiced multiplication by playing Loops and Groups independently.
We read a great poem about an oak tree, then ventured outside to write about trees, from a tree’s point of view. Point of view is one of our reading goals this quarter. We also explored prefixes and suffixed by adding these to words that have OU—- round, ground, grounding, grounded.
We learned more about empathy for our wellness unit. After reading a book about empathy together, we made empathy comic strips and wrote paragraphs about how empathy connects to wellness. Our comics are on our Padlet. They all should be there, but our tablets weren’t always cooperative. Here’s the link. https://padlet.com/lheffern/rmocza2dnsoecwoe (Thirdlanders, If you don’t see your comic on Padlet, please try again to add it this week). We talked about how emotional wellness is important and explored how feelings can be complicated by reading a book called Niko Draws a Feeling. Then we painted our own abstract paintings to match emotions. We’ll post those on our bulletin board.
Other News and Notes:
Our class no longer has curbside library pick up, BUT we did learn how to request library books with our iPADS and Ms. Williams delivered books to us on Friday. Thirdlanders may bring their library books home if they want to read them at home as well.
Thirdlanders are doing a great job with wearing their masks AND bringing fully charged iPads to school every day. THANK YOU!
I have a teacher twitter account and sometimes I post photos of our activities there. If you want to follow along, my handle is @lee_heffernan. I never post photos of kids who do not have photo permission from parents, so please do not worry about that.
Special Area Schedule:
Monday Spanish 11:00 to 11:30
Tuesday Art 10:20 to 11:20
Wednesday Music 10:20 to 11:20
Thursday Gym 10:20 to 11:20
Friday Spanish 11:00 to 11:30
