Happy Friday!
Here is a snap shot of our brief week. Enjoy reviewing this with your child and I look forward to reading your comments at the end!
Lego Physics Explorations
We came together to discuss Veteran's Day. What is a veteran? What is special about this day? Why and how do people celebrate it? Come and check out our Discussion Binder to see what friends had to say.
Thank you Bridget (Sienna's mom) for being our Family Reader this week.
The class continued their efforts to collect, organize and keep track of their food donations for the San Diego Food Bank field trip.
Before our field trip to the Food Bank, the class role played the Safety Agreements that friends generated and remembered from our last trip. We practiced in and out of car safety, as well as what to do in case a friend gets lost. Ask your child to review with you how they stay safe on our trips to learn more.
Friends have been spending many days observing our Passion Fruit as it changes shape. Check out the different inventive spelling strategies for writing adjectives!
This week, the Kindergartners used the final choices of our Story Elements Brainstorm Gallery Walk and compiled a rough draft of the a story, where the main character is a Robot T-Rex who lives in a tree house, and is having to deal with other characters not liking him. We went around in a circle to share an idea of what could happen next.
This morning, our 7th Grade Buddies came in to help us flesh out each scene of the story by adding details, dialogue, and emotions.
During Relax and Reading time, I have been challenging friends to stick with the same partner each day to practice sounding out words together in their books. I have seen a lot of excitement and team work in these pairings, giving each other tips and asking for help when they are stuck.
Our Home to School Learning Extensions continues to invite us to practice and learn about the things we love and are most curious about! Check out our HTSLE Wall! Come inside to get a closer look. What work was your child inspired by?
Love, Gaby
Thank you for all the time & intention you put into theae updates, Gaby. You are sharing an invaluable gift.
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DeleteThank you so much for sharing all these moments with us, I really appreciate it mostly because it is really tough for me not to be able to collaborate more... We love the safety skills practice!
ReplyDeleteYes, the friends had a great memory from the last time that we went to a field trip about what to do in case of an emergency and how to stay safe in a car. Practicing is important!
DeleteJackson has gotten really excited about homework shares the last few weeks! He comes up with his own ideas without any suggestions or reminders from me! He has MANY ideas for future shares. Thanks for the great blog posts!
ReplyDeleteAnother great blog post. Thanks for all of the details!
ReplyDeleteEmma liked practicing the safety agreements for the field trips and she enjoyed listening to Sienna's mom's Family Reader story choice. She also looks forward to Lego physics. Thanks, Gaby.
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