This morning, our focus in Math was on counting by 5s, and 10s. We played a couple games, and practiced giving high-fives around the circle counting by 5s. We will continue working on this throughout the week. If your child cannot count to 100 by 10s, and 50 by ones by the end of the week, please make this a priority at home. There are so many ways to gamify this - If you are looking for ideas, here is a good place to start. After counting we worked on our numeracy skills using the words "more, less, fewer and greater". Two students worked as our 'fences' when I told the class I was thinking of a number between (example 11 and 18). those students had to put the fly swatters on the parameters. Students took turns guessing numbers and were told if the number was higher or lower. As the guesses were made our 'fences' moved to narrow the parameters until the number was guessed. After all this we played a listening game where we could move our bodies and follow directions. Have your child explain to you how to play 'On the Line, Off the Line' and try together as a family, taking turns being the 'caller'. After break, we continued learning about reading. Yesterday we learned about the three ways to read a book, and today we learned about how to pick good fit books. We read the story 'Those Shoes' about a boy who purchases shoes that do not fit. Tiana then had to try on a number of different shoes until she found ones that fit. She talked about how it was too hard to walk in shoes that were too big, and that she had outgrown some of the small shoes. We learned that books are like shoes: they need to be a good fit.
I - I choose a book P - Purpose - Why do I want to read? I - Interest - Does it interest me? C - Comprehension - Do I understand? K - Know - Do I know most of the words? We then tried to find a 'good fit' book, and began our 'Daily 5' routine of 'Read to Self'. "The Daily 5™ is a framework for structuring literacy time so students develop lifelong habits of reading, writing, and working independently. Students select from five authentic reading and writing choices, working independently toward personalized goals, while the teacher meets individual needs through whole-group and small-group instruction, as well as one-on-one conferring. These choices include
Daily 5 classrooms produce productive, highly engaged students who are developing a true love of literacy. The benefits of The Daily 5 for teachers and schools include the following:
We also continued to learn about the story element of characters. We read two David Shannon books, 'No David!' and 'David Goes to School'. We then talked about how there are things we know about characters that we can see (physical features) and things that we can learn about characters by their thoughts, feelings, and words. I have attached videos of both books at the bottom of this post.
At the end of our morning of learning together, we revisited our inquiry cycle and talked about what we wanted to know about 'Getting Along' our current UOI. These inquires on our 'wonder wall' help guide the teaching and learning for this unit.
It was a jam packed day of learning! It is amazing just how much our little learners are capable of doing in one day. Please make sure that they have plenty of time to play in the evening, and get to bed early. I am looking forward to another great day of learning tomorrow.
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