Greetings families-

Sorry for not blogging yesterday. Like I said in the informational post, I will do my best to post as often as possible. Unfortunately, it is not realistic for me to think that it will be an every day thing once more after school programs get started that I teach and more meetings pop up.

Today we revisited Reading to Self in Daily 5. Some of the students are having a difficult time building stamina so we created another Read to Self I Chart. We also made a Y chart for what it looks like, sounds like, and feels like to find a safe spot.

In our smaller groups, we have been segmenting words in sentences, syllables in words, and sounds in words. A couple of our reading groups have begun small in class reading assignments that we discuss in our groups.

In math, the students played The Number Grid Game and learned about using a calculator to find sums and differences. We also practiced place value, odd & even numbers, and counting on a number line.

In Science, we practiced our Metapmorphosis Dance that we will be performing tomorrow for a group of first graders. The kids have been working really hard to “become” the different stages in the life cycle of a caterpillar/butterfly. I will be sure to post the video tomorrow.

We have started a new idea at recess—Recess Buddies. Since there have been some behavior issues that we have been doing our best to prevent, they still continue. The students now have a Recess Buddy. Recess Buddies are two students sometimes paired by my, sometimes by their choice (as long as they are choosing a good partner) and they are to play with that partner at recess. Today, the partnership seemed to work. We will continue this process as long as it works. Not only does it prevent behaviors but it also allows the students to hang out with a friend that they wouldn’t necessarily choose to hang out with—they get to know a new friend.