We started out our day working on a "What comes next?" worksheet. Students had to complete the number sequences. This was our morning work and students were able to complete this without any assistance! Students were encouraged to draw draw a picture and write a sentence to go along with their picture on the back!
Our morning meeting was great! I have really been encouraging the students to think on their own to tell me what day it is and to explain how they came up with that response. Students are really looking at the calender and thinking about what the day was yesterday and how that helps them figure out the current day. I would encourage you to do this at home as well. Students must know their days of the week in order, and months in order. I am very big on students knowing the day, month, and year. I usually encourage them to write the day, month, and year on all work they turn in to me. It is just good practice and good knowledge to have!
We had an awesome discussion about the weather this morning as well! We talked about the storm that was coming and all about precipitation. We discussed the rain the would turn to ice and then to snow as the temperature drops below 32. If you think of it ask your children this evening what temperature it has to be for snow to fall. We also discussed how snow and ice are the same thing, but the temperature is what makes them look different when they fall!
Fundations time was spent discussing the short e vowel sounds. As I have been saying this week we are really mastering these concepts and I am encouraging students to do all work independently related to the short vowels. Students did a great job today identifying the short e's in a coloring worksheet. I encourage students to say the word out loud and listen for how the e sounds. When the e is alone and trapped in between two consonants it is almost always a short sound. If there is another vowel it says the long e sound.
I was satisfied with today's lesson as we had a discussion about decoding words using the short vowel and long vowel concepts. I wrote several words on the board and then added another vowel to show students just how the entire word changes. Knowing how to identify the short vowels really can help a child with reading and decoding words they do not know.
Language arts time was spent doing a listening and speaking activity. I read a paragraph story about a dentist while students listened. We then had a picture that I asked them to make inferences following the story. I asked questions and students were encouraged to use their knowledge from the story to answer. They did a great job with this activity. The pictures help students comprehend what they read/listen to. We then had to follow directions about coloring certain things in the picture. I was happy with students discussion and listening skills!
Following lunch we had a read aloud and finished our Magic Treehouse book 14! We will start book #15 tomorrow! The kids are so excited to have finished so many chapter books already! The Magic Tree-house series is great for early chapter book reading. If you have older children I would highly recommend them. They are also great for read aloud with your children at home.
Math time we had our 3 minute math test! It is great to see so many children improving and passing these tests! Addition skills are so important and though this process is repetitive that is how a lot of math is. These basic skills will help students tremendously. I cannot stress enough to you the importance of basic math skills! I was with 5th grade during student teaching and it was incredible how students struggled with basic addition/subtraction and multiplication. Those students that did were behind in math and it makes all other math concepts that much more challenging in their future. Please continue to work with basic math skills at home. Push your children to go above and beyond!! We did several pages from our February math books. The kids are all doing their best and trying to solve problems independently and that is great!
We played addition BINGO today! The kids loved it! Their bingo sheets which are included in today's activities had addition problems on them. For example a square would have 2+5 in it. I would say "I am looking for a sum of 7" the students would then look for the correct ways to add to 7. They really did a great job and we had a discussion about all the different number combinations that can add up to one number! We will play addition BINGO in the future!
Our writing time was spent making two of our own sentences. Students were asked to write one sentence with a period for punctuation and one sentence with a question mark for punctuation. The kids are Improving so much in their writing and using skills to sound out and spell better! I am very happy with their progress in writing!
We had inside recess today because of the rain =(
Science today was great! We had an inquiry day where each table had several objects on it. The table groups had to work together to sort the materials into categories (plastic, wood, paper, metal, and cloth) We had discussions about our observations. We then discussed other places and objects that are made out of these materials! The kids really enjoyed this inquiry!
We had art at the end of the day!
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Today was GREAT! Please encourage your children this evening and let them know that Mr. Schultz was really impressed with them today! They all worked hard and stayed focused all day!
Please continue working on reading skills, math skills, and writing skills with your children each night! 10 minutes on each subject will really help them go above and beyond! The hard work pays off!
If any extra worksheets or activities are done at home please feel free to send it in with your child so they can receive a bonus sticker to wear all day!
Have a great evening and watch in the morning for delays or cancellation. February is going out like a lion!
Mr. Schultz
In class Activities 2-26
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