Today we are officially one-fourth of the way through the school year! The students are making such wonderful progress--I am so proud of them! I am looking forward to more wonderful work in the next three quarters.
This week, we practiced our numbers from 1-10: counting, writing, and comparing. We had fun with fairy tales and worked on our reading comprehension skills. The students are doing well understanding the definitions of "plot," "character," and "setting." Impressive! We are still practicing letter sounds and have advanced from naming the first sound in a word to the final sound in a word.
Conferences are coming up--if you would like to schedule a conference, please call the office at 943-6400 between 9:00-2:00 Monday through Friday.
Friday, November 2, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
The end of the first quarter is coming!
The quarter ends on Friday, November 2. Please remember to pay your school fees as soon as possible. I cannot believe how quickly the first quarter has gone. Report cards will go home in a few short weeks. The first report cards will primarily focus on letter naming, letter sound identification, counting, writing numbers, and letter formation. Please practice these skills regularly at home to support our work in the classroom.
We had a fun week in room 201. The students enjoyed Spirit Week--I was impressed with the wacky hairstyles on Wednesday! Thursday was Picture Day for the "B" class...all of the students looked so adorable! I cannot wait to see their pictures in the yearbook.
We are celebrating fabulous fall. Both classes have made some incredible looking scarecrows. Many of these are currently decorating our hallways! The students have gotten many compliments from other grades--they are very artistic. I am looking forward to more art projects throughout the year.
The class is starting the third chapter in our math series, which focuses on the numbers 6-10. They are excited about a new challenge and are already looking forward to the fourth chapter! I think I have some future mathematicians in class!
We had a fun week in room 201. The students enjoyed Spirit Week--I was impressed with the wacky hairstyles on Wednesday! Thursday was Picture Day for the "B" class...all of the students looked so adorable! I cannot wait to see their pictures in the yearbook.
We are celebrating fabulous fall. Both classes have made some incredible looking scarecrows. Many of these are currently decorating our hallways! The students have gotten many compliments from other grades--they are very artistic. I am looking forward to more art projects throughout the year.
The class is starting the third chapter in our math series, which focuses on the numbers 6-10. They are excited about a new challenge and are already looking forward to the fourth chapter! I think I have some future mathematicians in class!
Friday, October 19, 2012
October 19
Hello! Another wonderful week at Brantner, and tonight is the Fall Festival! What a nice thing to look forward to on such a rainy, chilly day.
The students are mastering the concepts of character and setting. We are also working on "Classifying and Categorizing." They are doing well with this skill. In math, we continue to compare groups that are greater, less than, or equal to. This week, Miss Kemen and I began small writing circles. We are working on the steps of the writing process. We brainstormed a list of things that we know about school (using our schema). Next week, we will work as a group to write the first draft of a true story about school. The students will share their stories with the other group at the end of this five week process. The class is really excited to be authors!
The students are mastering the concepts of character and setting. We are also working on "Classifying and Categorizing." They are doing well with this skill. In math, we continue to compare groups that are greater, less than, or equal to. This week, Miss Kemen and I began small writing circles. We are working on the steps of the writing process. We brainstormed a list of things that we know about school (using our schema). Next week, we will work as a group to write the first draft of a true story about school. The students will share their stories with the other group at the end of this five week process. The class is really excited to be authors!
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