Community 81

Happy Friday Families.  Here is all the amazing things that have been happening in Room 81 this week. 1. Terry Fox Run on Thursday was amazing! 2. During inquiry we have been looking at a variety of pictures that show how difficult it can be for some children to get to school.  We have been talking about the things We see, the things we think and the things we wonder about what is going on in the pictures.  Next we will be moving on to a Science unit about Animal Life Cycles. 3.Math - This week we finished up our work on Data Analysis.  We will re-visit this unit later in the year. 4.  Writing - we have been working on creating climbing stories.  These are fiction stories that have a distinctive beginning, middle and end. 5. Word Work - everyone received their words their way words this week.  Copies of these words will be sent home next week for extra practice.  We have learned a few different activities that we can do with our words. One of them is called Blind Sort.  Pleas

Happy Friday. I wanted to say thank you to all the wonderful families I met with over the past 2 days.  I learned so much about your children and I feel even more privileged than ever to spending my days with your child. Just a reminder to please send in the Parent Volunteer Questionnaire. This past week has been very busy.....as usual. We have started to learn about coding.  Our first activity was Coding Unplugged.  Here's how this worked:  One child went out in the hall, the other child watched a quick video of a person dancing, the child comes in the classroom and the one that watched the video had to describe how the other child had to move. Some of the moves were to raise your arms, step forward and lean to the side.   This was a good introduction to coding and the kids realized how specific they have to be. We have also started TUSC-The Ultimate Speaking Club.  The students will each be assigned different jobs in our club (jobs will change every couple weeks).  Thei

Happy Friday Families.  Alexa would you all to know that you may now sign up for parent teacher interviews that are on Thursday September 21 from 4-6:16 and Friday morning from 8:-11:45.  Thank you for this reminder Alexa! Art:  This week we finished our sketching portraits.  They are currently hanging in the hallway outside our classroom. Reading: We have started guided reading this week.  We have added 4 strategies to our CAFE menu: check for understanding, back track and read again, flip the sound and voracious reading.  Please ask your child what voracious mean. Writing: We have been working on writing our memories and stories about summer adventures.  We have also been working on writing about topics that we are experts on.  Some of these topics include: animals, math, gymnastics, family and food.  Our writing process currently consists of 1.Choose a topic 2. organize your ideas 3. write an interesting first sentence 4.write your story 5. write a closing sentence Next

Welcome to Room 81's blog.  We have had an amazing first week at school.  Our class will update this blog every Friday.  Please check back for more information next week. Here are some of the things we are working on: - Daily 5 (please ask your child what their job is during Daily 5).  We have not yet practiced all 5 jobs.  We have learned about Read to Self and Read to Someone. - Writing - we are working on using graphic organizer to organize our thoughts.  We are also trying to use interesting first sentences. - Math we are working on Place Value and understanding2 and 3 digit numbers.  We are also reviewing some basic facts. - In Science we did a STEAM activity for building and testing things.  STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.  We build structures that we designed to be the tallest or studies. - In reading we have been working on CAFE reading strategies.  CAFE stands for comprehension, accuracy, fluency and expand your vocabulary.  The 2 strateg