La lectura
Practicing while they wait to read with the teacher.
I was so impressed with everyone’s reading this week! Most students passed 2-3 books this week! Please keep up the great work. Nightly reading is so important and really helps with their writing skills too.
This week we worked on forming compound, more detailed, sentences. They did a great job with this. They are also able to identify the people (nouns) in the sentences they read and write. They are doing a great job making connections between the noun and verbs and making sure they are in agreement.
Las matemáticas
Students are doing such a great job using the number line for their addition and subtraction! We continued to practice this throughout the week.
Students have been working on their subitizing skills all year. They line up each day by ¨seeing small groups without adding¨. A great way to continue practicing immediate number identification and addition throughout the school year and through the summer is by playing games. Some games to help with this would involve 2 or more dice.
One of our June birthdays
shares her special poster.
History & Geography
This week in our unit Fun Stories we read the Native American tale The Story of Jumping Mouse part one and two. The class made an interactive picture to go along with the story, please have them retell the tale to you using their character puppets and the picture setting. We also reviewed all the stories we’ve learned so far and did several activities to reinforce concepts and vocabulary. On Friday we celebrated an adoption day with a special story, song, and treat.
Our weekly objectives were to:
• demonstrate familiarity with the stories we have read this week
• identify the characters and how they interacted with each other
Exploring different kinds of cones and tasty pine nuts.
Science
In our plant unit we learned all about Evergreen trees. We had fun examining different types of cones, needles and tasting pine nuts from conifers. On Friday we began reading about interesting plants and plant facts.
Our weekly objectives were to:
• understand that there are many different kinds and sizes of plants
• understand that different kinds of plants grow in different environments
• identify the parts of specific plants that are eaten by people
• understand that Evergreen plants are one type of plant that stays green all year and does not become dormant
• understand that a pine is a type of evergreen tree
• understand that conifers are trees that produce cones