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Daily Five!

The crew is learning how to use the framework of the Daily 5 to meet their goals this year!  We track their stamina on graphs and they are so excited to see their growth each time.  The crew is able to focus on personal goals while I conference with individuals or groups each day.

                                                                       Read to Self

                                      

                                                                Work on Writing

 

Read with Someone

 

Here are two partners practicing retelling a story with each other using their "retell" rope.

 

Listen to Reading

                        This is such a fun way to read along, enjoy a book, and improve fluency.

Coming soon.... #5 Word Work Pictures!

Number Race!

Number Race is a fun game I can change up to practice many math skills.  Today they worked on writing numbers by 5's as high as they could go in the amount of time given.  They had to work as a team and they did an amazing job!  We still need to work on keeping the numbers going the correct direction!

Role playing with the Wheel of Choice

The crew has been using the "Wheel of Choice" to help them when they have conflict with each other.  Today I gave them scenarios and with a partner or group they had to talk about what they could choose to do from the wheel to solve the problem they were given.  Most of them also chose to act out the conflict and solution.  This was a "hit" and definitely something we can continue as we learn more about getting along with others and working things out along the journey. 

Number lines!

In math we have been working on creating, organizing, and representing mathematical data in class.  Today we spent time learning about the number line representing objects to 20! This is one of the strategies your pirate may choose to use as they add and subtract numbers this year.

                            Later the crew each spent time counting objects in mystery bags!  

Curriculum Chat soon!

We have a few less pictures this week because we've been working on our video to show you at Curriculum Chat! We can't wait to see you at 6:00 pm!

Meet Mrs. Brim!

 

Mrs. Brim is someone I LOVE to teach with because she has so much energy and brings such joy into learning.  The pirate crew is already excited about the fun things she will come to do with them every other Wednesday for our gifted resource time.