Here is what we did today!

We had library. (Dominika)

We had writing. We took our plan sheet and wrote 3 reasons why we liked fruits or vegetables. (Josselyn) We are working on our opinion writing.

We had science. We learned about thermometers. They check temperature. (Daniel)

We did math. We wrote addition sentences in a different way. We used 2 tens frames and we used 3 numbers in the teens. (Jenna, Aidan, and Charley) We talked about how 10+3=13 means the same thing when written 13=10+3. We talked about how the equals sign means “the same as”. We practiced drawing counters into 10 frames to help us write addition number sentences. We talked about how we can see numbers in the teens as a group of 10 and ones left over.

We had Daily 5. (Kaela)

We had Fundations. We wrote on our white boards. We were digraph detectives. (Ella McClary)

We read a book about clouds. (Izzy)

Announcements!

We are completely out of Clorox wipes! If you would like to donate wipes to our classroom, please send these in with your child! Thank you!!

I made a mistake on the April calendar! I sent a new one home today in your child’s folder. Click on the following link to open the electronic version.

Have a great night!

Here is what we did today!

We had art. We made texture necklaces out of clay. (Aidan)

We read a book called Weather at Your Fingertips. (Ella McClary) We began talking about temperature and thermometers!

We had writing. We finished the last page of our weather book. (Ella Murray) These are coming home today! We summarized the weather for the 5 days we recorded! We decided there were mostly cloudy days with no precipitation and strong winds!

We had math. We did counting on. (Izzy) We worked on counting on from 10 to count numbers in the teens.

We also talked about “trick words” in Fundations. These are words, like word wall words, that will need to know “quick and fast”. They are words that we cannot tap to solve like “they”, “you”, and “are”.

We also celebrated Noah’s birthday with a special birthday snack!

I was able to take some pictures of the Daily 5 in action today! Check it out on my classroom twitter feed!  

Please send back any Monday News that came home yesterday!!

Enjoy your evening!! 

Here is what we did today!

We had music. (Izzy)

We did writing. We wrote about our weekend. (Emily)

We had Daily 5. (Alex)

We had Nathan’s birthday snack. (Kaela)

We did our weather book. (Claire)

We had Fundations. We did our digraph sounds. We also watched the talent show. (John) Here is a link to a video of John's piano performance! He did a great job!!

We had math. We looked at numbers in the 100 chart rows and talked about the differences. (Ishaan and Charley) We talked about how the numbers in the ones place are the same when you look down the rows. We talked about how whenever you go down on the one hundreds chart, it is 10 more!

Announcements

Tonight is a PTA meeting where the new MCE PTA board members will be elected! Also, please remember to vote tomorrow!

Have a great night!

Here is what we did today!

We tested our wind socks and the wind went kind of fast and then really fast. It was strong wind. (Daniel)

We had P.E. (Ishaan)

We read a book called What Will the Weather Be Like Today? (Dominika and Aidan)

We read with our 3rd grade buddies in their room. We also had 1st grade buddies read to us! (Chase)

We had writing workshop. We wrote our opinion about fruits or vegetables. (John)

Mrs. Hotchkiss took pictures of friends with their wind socks blowing. (Anthony)

We had Fundations. We tapped out words. (Alex)

We did our weather books. We said it was no precipitation, cloudy, and strong winds! (Audrey)

We had morning meeting. (Josselyn)

Have a great weekend!!

Here is what we did today!

We had library and we picked out new books. (Aidan)

We had math. We did numbers 17, 18, and 19. (Daniel)

Tomorrow is going to be backwards day! (Ella McClary)

We had Fundations. We did our magnet boards. (Lauren)

We read a book about rain and clouds. (Izzy and Emily)

We did our weather book. (Claire) This wild weather has made for some great conversations!!

Stay safe! Have a great night!

Here is what we did today!

The forecast says it is going to rain at dismissal. (Audrey)

We had art. (Izzy)

We worked on our weather books. We had strong winds and, this morning, we had a lot of hail and rain. (Aidan)

We had math. We learned 14, 15, and 16. (Ella Murray and Daniel) We have been working on place value. We talked about how we can look at 14 as one group of 10 and 4 extra ones. We practiced putting this information into number sentences (10+4=14).

We read the book Who Likes The Rain? (Josselyn)

We did Daily 5. (Jenna)

We had writing. We sorted facts and opinions. (Ella McClary and Charley)

We had Fundations. We did our chunks. (Ishaan)

On Friday, we are going to have a backwards day. (Daniel) We met our school wide goal for Cougar Compliments! To celebrate we will be having a backwards day on Friday! The kids can come to school wearing something backwards.

Thank you!

Here is what we did today!

We had writing. We did opinion and fact. (Kaela) We did a fact vs. opinion whole group and individual sort! This will help us as we begin our opinion writing.

We had music. (Audrey)

Mrs. Hotchkiss read us a book about weather. (Emily)

We had Fundations. We did our chunks. (Daniel)

We had Daily 5. (John)

We did a weather book. (Claire) Each student started their own “My Weather Book”. We will be charting the cloud cover, precipitation, and wind speed for the next 5 days!

I have been updating our class Twitter account with lots of great pictures of things we are doing in our classroom! You can view this from my classroom website or you can follow us on Twitter at @hotchkissmce! Check it out!