Dear Families,
We hope you are enjoying the kindness calendar at home, as much as we are in school! I have seen lots of acts of kindness in our classroom this week! This week we learned a poem about kindness and made kindness cards.
In Math we wrapped up our unit on subtraction by focusing on distinguishing between take-away and comparing problems. Students continued using the open number line to solve these problems. Next week we will complete an end of unit assessment. In Number Corner we continue our work with rectangular arrays. Today students wrote array riddles using rows and columns for a partner to solve. Check out the pictures below!
On Monday we began a new guidance unit, "Changing Perspectives." Our school has chosen the theme of “Changing Perspectives” to help our students gain better understanding of differences and disabilities. We are collaborating with Sam Drazin, Executive Director of Changing Perspectives { www.cpne.org} and former teacher. He will be presenting to all our students in grade level meetings on Friday 1/18. Each week, Mrs. Wheeler and her intern Ms. Bedell will be incorporating their curriculum into their weekly class time with us. They will read a book with our class and discuss the importance of the uniqueness and value of each member of our school community. While we will be learning about various disabilities, our focus will be on recognizing each person’s strengths. To celebrate our learning, we will be organizing a disability awareness hands-on workshop. We will set up stations to simulate various disabilities and invite students to experience daily actives without being able to see, walk, hear, or use their fingers. In first and second grades, each student will create a booklet to demonstrate their learning.
Other Things to Ask Your Child About:
~~Our probability container - what fraction of the tiles will be red? More than half? Less than half?
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Not Your Typical Dragon
~New Word Study groups
~Character traits
Have a great weekend!
Katie
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