As something new, I asked the class to write a week in review. I will try to include this each week. Here is what they came up with: "We read Horrible Harry Moves Up to Third Grade. Our class worked on making and being friends. I like our "Keys to Friendship." We made "Me Poems" to let others learn more about us. I had a lot of fun. We took reading assessments. Cursive can be fun, it can also be hard. Mrs. Yuska read a lot of books. We enjoyed learning more about Mrs. Yuska this week."
Here are some of the things we did this week:
Math- This week we worked a lot on procedures. With math time being a little shorter, we are getting in the routine of getting everything out and completed. This week we worked a lot on reviewing our addition facts.
Reading- This week we read Horrible Harry Moves Up to Third Grade by Suzy Kline. In this story Harry and Doug are coming back to school, starting their third grade year. So many things have changed, yet they soon realize a lot is the same. We discussed finding the main characters, creating a super sentence, and determining the setting where the story takes place. The class loved listening and reading along to this book!
Writing- This is an area where students have the most struggles at the beginning of the year. I am working a lot with just getting ideas down on paper versus correcting all their grammar and punctuation, which I will do on many items. We have also been working on describing ourselves in a positive way. We wrote comments about on cards saying, "I am, I hear, I see, I think, I feel, and I know." Me poems have clues about a person. These are on display outside of our classroom. I have also included pictures under the "Student Work" page above. Me poems include, their first name, two things to describe them, two things they enjoying doing ending with an -ing, a phrase of something they like to do with their family, two ways to describe how they feel, and then their last name or nickname.
Science and Social Studies time has been used for team and community building opportunities. We have interviewed members of our class, talked about how to become a bucket filler, and played numerous games to get to know one another a little better. We have focused a lot on being a friend. This includes what it means to be a friend, how to make a friend, and how to keep friends. Our class even practiced playing games with kids in our class we may not yet know, or whom may not be our best friends. They did great! On our door you will find "A Key to a Good Friend."
That is a quick wrap up of our week. We have quickly built a community, which I am so proud to be a part of. Thank you for your assistance in raising such wonderful children. I look forward to our adventure to success together.
A few handouts have come home. Three were orange, Cheerleading, SODA, and Chorus. Today there was a green one about lunches for our field trip in October. One was about a t-shirt order. If you are interested, please fill out and send back, if not, feel free to recycle. Hopefully, purple take home folders and agendas are working out well for everyone.
Parent Night is on Tuesday, August 27th there you will learn more about our school and classroom procedures as well as the curriculum I will be teaching to your child. It is going to be extremely hot in our classroom. I will create a PowerPoint if you can not attend or choose not to attend due to the heat. Children are welcome this year, this is different. :) Last year, they were concerned about space I guess.
Mrs. Jodie Yuska
