Welcome UCS 1st and 2nd Graders

 

Welcome to our first Nature Cat News of the 22-23 school year!  We have had an amazing first week of school filled with lots of fun and learning.  We worked on some projects to make our room feel like our own, we spent time outside and we explored what it means to be a first and second grader.  I can already tell it’s going to be a great year!

Below are some highlights of the week:

Communication: 

Our Nature Cat newsletter will go out every week.  If you have a question or concern please feel free to call or email us anytime.  If you send an email to us after 4:30 we will try our best to get back to you by the end of the next school day!

Toys:

Please have students leave all toys at home.  This includes stuffed animals and trinkets.  If your child would like to share, we suggest collections, pictures of family activities and pets.

Home Folders:  Home folders will go home every Friday.  Please send them back to school on each Monday.  

 Learning highlights from the week:

• Math- Students enjoyed a guided discovery of our math tools. We used geoblocks, snap cubes, domino math and pattern blocks.  Students worked on learning in cooperative groups with puzzles and following our classroom expectations and routines during math.  

• Literacy- Students began their literacy time by learning the routine of our Reading Workshop.  This time is broken down into 4 sections, Work Work, Read To Self, Read Aloud Comprehension, and a listening to reading or tech piece. This week students explored word work and read to self. 

 

• Science-  We are interested in watching and learning about the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly.  We would love some help finding some Monarch caterpillars to have in our classrooms to watch and observe.  If you would like to help us out and look for some caterpillars or eggs to bring into our classrooms we would GREATLY appreciate it! A note is in your child’s home/school folder with a picture of milkweed and the caterpillars. 

• You will only find the Monarch caterpillars on MILKWEED plants because they only eat milkweed leaves.