The class is really enjoying having Mrs. Olinger visiting our room.
She will be working with the phonics, story, and fluency part of our Imagine It reading program.
Students broke into groups of two to learn a new game to help us practice our multiplication facts.
Students divided the cards into two piles. They each had to get a sheet of paper and a clipboard to help them keep score.
They turn over the top card and had to multiply that number by 2. They had to write the multiplication problem on their paper.
The student with the higher number would win the cards. That student would circle their problem on their sheet of paper.
They played until one student had all the cards or time was up.
The class really enjoyed playing, even though they were learning multiplication at the same time.
Here is an example of a groups page as they played the game.
We have started cursive. Students need to be practicing their cursive at home. Spelling tests will now be written in cursive. Some other assignments will be done in cursive. The more they practice the better they will get at it. We will be practicing in workshop and other times throughout the day.
Hanna, Aaliyah, Chloe, Naman, and Jaxson are working in the Dictionary Skills center. They are looking up words and choosing which definition matches the word from the sentences.
Branden is reading a Magic Tree House book in the Reading Center. Students choose a chapter book to read while they are in this center.
Alyssa is working on a comprehension worksheet during center time. She is reading a story and then answers questions about the story and vocabulary words used.
Shane and Tyus are also working in the comprehension center.
Maddi writes her spelling words three times each in cursive.Welcome Back! We had a pretty good start to the new year. We welcomed a new student to our class. Her name is Hanna. She moved here from New Jersey. We are jumping into multiplication. Students will be having timed test on multiplication. We have already learned our facts for 0, 1, and, 2. This week we will be focusing on facts for 5, 10, and 11. Students will also be jumping into cursive writing. Spelling tests will now be in cursive. We have covered all lower case letters. Please practice your cursive and multiplication at home.
