Phones

In science we built phones and experimented how to make the sound louder or how to stop the sound!

Application Problems

As part of our daily math routine we solve application problems. To solve these we use the RDW strategy. We Read the problem, Write a number sentence and Draw a math picture. Sometimes we solve them whole group and sometimes independently. Most of the time I read the problem aloud.

First buddy time

We had our first buddy time today. We started to get to know our buddies...

Science

Today we investigated creating sounds with simple materials. We also learned about sound vibrations and how our brains help us hear.

Best ECO yet

This morning was a wonderful time in the forest. Our work time was focused on making our base camp even better. Children chose to help set up a fire pit, build a waterproof shelter for fire wood or set up an area for tool use. The work was fabulous. We also tried sitting in our sit spots and were very successful!

I've set up a photo sharing site that I will invite parents to view each Friday and that volunteers can add photos to as well.

iPads!

Another part of our daily 5 time is iPads. We have worked up to reading to Self for 9 minutes and today tried using iPads with Lexia while others were reading. So exciting. A letter is coming home about using Lexia at home. 

Read to self

Today we started Read to Self- one of the components of our Daily 5 reading block. Students chose books they wanted to read. I introduced 3 ways to read a book 

We made a chart to decide what the kids would do during Read to Self and what the teacher would be doing:

Then we got reading! Our goal today was to read for 3 minutes, with 20 minutes as our overall goal!