Dear Families of “The Marsen Team,”
Happy Friday! We had an amazing start to school in Room 13! We began our new math program in a fun and exciting way. We worked on building numbers up to 1,000 using base-10 blocks! The children used place value mats and manipulatives to help them understand this new concept. We also worked on reading and writing numbers up to 1,000! We are impressed with the knowledge they have at this point. We know this new math program is going to be challenging, but fun!
We kicked off our reading workshop program by reading “McDuff Moves In” and two chapters from a “Poppleton” chapter book. The children used experiences from their own lives to make powerful text-to-self connections. By “turning and talking” to his/her partner, we learned which day of the week is a favorite and why. Ask your child “What day of school is your favorite and why?” In addition, everyone has gone “Book Shopping” for just-right books. We will explain more about this on Meet the Teacher Night next Wednesday night!
Our current unit in social studies is “All About Me!” We have greatly enjoyed getting to know your child! One book we read this week was called, “Today I feel Silly” by Jamie Lee Curtis. This book identified different moods and feelings. The children participated into different stations and worked on sharing their own feelings. “Station teaching” is one co-teaching model that will be utilizing in Room 13. We will talk more about the co-teaching model next Wednesday!
In Writing Workshop, we are preparing for our first unit, which will begin next week. We look forward to seeing all the finished Writer’s Notebooks. You should have received our letter with the directions on how to decorate the front and back cover of the notebook. We are busy making our own too. We know we will learn even more about your child when he/she shares his/her special book on Wednesday! Thank you for sending in the summer memories. We are having a blast sharing them and learning about everyone’s summer fun! Next week, we will be writing about our special summer object. Look out for this hallway display very soon.
We hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!
Sincerely,
The Marsen Team
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