The Explorers Mrs. Lipar Grades 1-2 We jumped into fall with a pile of fun activities! The class has been doing a super job of following our expectations and creating teamwork within the classroom. Congratulations to them for earning all the animals to fill the jungle jar. They really enjoyed our BFG celebration as we watched the movie and had some fun activities and snacks to go with it. All the DRA assessments are complete, and scores will be noted on our progress reports. I am proud of how well the class is reading! Their daily reading has really strengthened their skills. I encourage them to continue selecting books on library day each Monday and replacing their book buddy bags as often as possible. Our students are turning out some wonderful pieces of writing in writing workshop, and they are publishing many of them each week. Our goal is for each student to publish one book this trimester. The class looks forward to reading from our classroom author basket. They are proud when their pieces are read by their peers. We have studied Robert Munsch this month and collaborated to write a letter to him. We are currently awaiting his reply and are excited to see what he has to say! In social studies we have been learning the national symbols and monuments. Each child researched one and reported on it to the class. It was a great learning experience in which they were able to teach each other. We learned about the US flag, its original design, and what the stars and each color represent. Math incorporated many place value activities this month to reinforce the value of ten within a number. The class used manipulatives to figure out ways to make two, three and four digit numbers. We also played a number walk game similar to a cake walk, a fun way to practice rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100. We strengthened our understanding of greater than, less than and equal to using 9
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