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Nov 01 2012

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Partner Poses

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Today during yoga, we had the chance to try out some partner poses! We reviewed the double boat and seesaw pose and learned a new forward bend pose. Not only is this great for the student’s bodies, but it is helping them learn important communication skills! They have to use kind words to talk to their partner about the way their bodies are feeling when doing various poses. The class loves yoga time, but did especially well today! They were focused and remained to master their partner poses and this showed! Here are some pictures from our yoga session today!

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Oct 31 2012

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Counting by 10

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This week in our math journals, we have been working to take a big jump of 10 from a single digit number using a hundreds chart. On Monday, I presented students with a journal problem and gave them little instruction. They utilized strategies that we have practiced before, like drawing pictures and using bead strings, but nobody utilized the hundreds charts that were laying out. While students were able to come to the correct answer, their strategies were not efficient.

On Tuesday, we explored the chart together looking at patterns that we noticed. One student brought up the tens place being the same if you look down the column, so we investigated further and realized this happens because each number in a column is ten apart! This knowledge allowed students to solve their journal problem much fast because they took a big jump of ten using the chart.

Tomorrow, we will begin to explore the number line as another math tool to use when solving problems.

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Oct 30 2012

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Burglar

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Today, we learned a new math game called burglar! Students are put in partners and given number sets that have 10-20 numbers. They line their numbers up in a row, then take turns turning their back and taking one of their partners numbers. Once the number has been taken, students mix their partner’s numbers up and invite them to turn back around to see what number is missing! Students loved playing the game and the excitement of figuring out which of their numbers was gone. Not only is this helping us with number recognition, but also with ordering and naming numbers. This would be an easy game to recreate at home with handmade cards or playing cards!

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Oct 29 2012

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Partner Reading

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Today, we started using partner reading as an extension of our reader’s workshop time. This is an opportunity for students to read with peers who can challenge and support them during their reading growth. We created partner reading agreements last week, but hadn’t tried out the strategy until today. Students began by sitting back to back with their partner and reading independently. After this time was up, students were invited to sit elbow to elbow or knee to knee with their partner. Students take turns listening and reading to one another, asking questions and offering support when their friend needs it. They did a wonderful job reading to one another and were extremely supportive to their peer when they hit a trouble spot! I can’t wait to see how students grow and progress with their reading and with interacting with one another throughout the year. Here are a couple pictures from our experience today!

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Oct 24 2012

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BOX TOPS!

Tomorrow is the last day for box tops! If you have any, please send them in with your child tomorrow. Thanks!

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