Class 1M News 1/17 to 1/31/11

 We have had a very busy and snowy past two weeks in Class 1M! The children finished writing their non-fiction bear books. They learned how to write captions and used many details in both their writing and illustrations. Stop by our room and read some of these wonderful books.

We had a "beary" fun time learning all about bears. We had our Teddy Bear Sleepover. The children had a great time wearing their pajamas and spending the day with their bears. The bears even got to go to Art and Library. After a long day the bears went to sleep in their den and we thought that they would hibernate but I guess they weren't ready... 

The bears participated in Morning Meeting

We made Text-to-Self Connections with our bears.

Our bears made a trip to the nurse's office.

They helped us write our Bear Books.

They went to art with Mrs. Howard and we sketched them. Check out our bear portraits in the hall.

Mrs. Burg read Paddington Bear to the bears.

In Math, we worked on estimation, greater than, less than, and we started place value today. We also continued to work on our Fact Pacts and Math Challenges.

In Reading we finished reading our Cam Jansen books. We learned how to use context clues to help us read and we made text-to-self connections and text-to text connections. We began our fairy tales unit and learned what the elements of a fairy tale are. We read a few different versions of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We made connections, compared and contrasted two versions, and we identified the setting,magical element, characters, and the problem and solution. We acted out The Three Billy Goats Gruff in Reader's Theater and practiced reading with expression. The children had a blast!

We have also been reading many books by Jan Brett as part of our author study. We have read The Mitten, The Hat, and Trouble with Trolls. We created a large mitten and did a Reader's Theater skit based on The Mitten.

In Writing we worked on our FCA's. We listened to the story Snowmen at Night and then we wrote about what we think our snowmen do at night. Stop by and read their pieces on our bulletin board next week.

In Science, we learned about clouds and the three main types of clouds. Our last topic in our weather unit will be the water cycle.

The Valentine's Dance is on Monday, 2/14. it is a dress down day and the children can wear red, pink, and white. We will be going to the dance in Laidlaw from 10:30 to 11:00.

Have a great week!


Sincerely,
Jennifer Molloy