We have been writing a lot! We are steering away from the classic, news reporter's voice telling about a whole day worth of story within 30 seconds time. Instead, students are reflecting on small, tiny seed stories within their lives, using a storyteller's voice. In connection to our Forest Fridays, students are taking the time to describe the world around them with elaboration. Any chance you get, talk with them about using more elaborate words to describe what they are doing and how they are doing it :-)
In math, we have been focusing on various addition and subtraction strategies to help us in our everyday arithmetic. Starting with what you know in order to figure out what you don't is our motto. Soon we will be getting into adding and subtraction multiple-digit numbers on a number line. During our Number Corner time, we have begun to introduce the idea of multiplication and how it is simply repeated addition.
Lastly, we finished our first read aloud of the year, Wishtree by Katherine Applegate! It was a tear-jerker for sure. I hope your child has come home and shared the story of Red, Samar, and Stephen. It's a wonderful story of hope, courage and the strength in wishing for more.
Ideas to spark conversation:
-Can you tell me about the song Miss Dale is working on with you?
-Why do you think Stephen (book character) decided to stand up for Samar and write "stay" on his wish?
-How can you spread kindness?
-What are some examples of "science fruit"? What makes them science fruit?
-What tiny seed stories have you been working on lately?
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