Stories, Pumpkin Pie and Other Adventures from 10/24-10/28

 Learning highlights from the week:

• Math- First graders continued to build numbers in their teens using 10 frames. They also worked on automaticity with doubles and doubles plus 1 facts within 20.   Second grade math students explored number bonds, place value and word problems while doing some fun October themed math activities.  

• Reading- This week we continued to work on our center rotations.  Students rotate through 3-4 stations a day.  The stations include Word Work, Listening to Reading, Reading to Self and time with Mrs. Hackett.  During word work students are working on skills set to their learning level. Some students are working on decoding CVC words, some on blends and digraphs, and some are working on long vowel patterns.  

During listening to reading, students are using a rotation of the CD player, computers and ipads to hear stories and respond to them using their comprehension skills.

During time with me students are working on accuracy and fluency with individual words, sentences and texts.  They are bringing books home to practice.

• Writing- We continued working on our small moments unit with a focus on writing across many pages.  Next week’s goals will be making stories come to life by adding details and feelings.  

Social Studies- This week we explored pumpkin farms and the products they produce.  We made crockpot pumpkin pie.  Each student added one ingredient to our pie!  It was very tasty.