Tuesday, January 19

 Hi parents,

We had a pretty good day today and did some fun work.

In the morning, the students had Music, and then we did a math / art crossover activity in which the students created "Shape Superheroes" with powers that were related to the shapes of their heads. The activity also helped students develop their muscle drawing skills. The heroes they created were so imaginative, I was thrilled with how they turned out. Plus, it was nice to see how much they remembered about shapes.

We did an Animated Literacy activity around the character "Sheriff Shad". The students seem to be doing pretty well with the Sh- blend so far.

In the afternoon, Ms. Thaxter led another lesson around the 5 W's. We read the Princess and the Frog. Those classic fairy tales have some unusual messages, that's for sure.

We've started to learn 2-digit addition in math! As of right now we are focusing on basic problems that do not involve regrouping, aka 'carrying the one'. The students are building their understanding of how they can use place value to help them solve addition problems, by grouping the 'ones', 'tens', 'hundreds', etc. 

When we get to regrouping, this video will comes in handy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz0fAQV0ac&t=29s 

Have a nice night,

Zac