August 25-29

Greetings Cheetahs!  Here's the happenings of the week:

Reading
We have our book boxes full of 'just right' books, and some choice books for a little dessert of course :) In reading, we have been discussing different ways you can reread a book:

1. First, read for tricky words.
2. Second, read again for meaning.
3. Third, read with fluency and expressions.
4. Last, read again and ask questions for deeper meaning.

We also talked about how readers get their focus back when they're distracted, how you can visualize a book or story like a movie, and how we can predict in our reading.

Writing
The Cheetahs have been working on adding details in their illustrations and sentences (i.e. juicy words, buddy sentences, etc.).  We were also excited to learn how we can add words in our pictures by using thought bubbles, thinking clouds, and labels.

Math
In math, we have been working hard on addition story problems, counting backwards, and comparing numbers.  We have also been working hard in our math stations while playing math games such as Mystery Bags, Dreambox, Compare, Compare Dots, and 5 in a Row to help us practice our counting and addition skills.

Social Studies
We finished up learning about the rights and responsibilities that we have has citizens and as first graders.  We then started learning about friendship by discussing the positive qualities of a good friend and finding out what we have in common with our friends by playing team building activities such as our "Stand up if You..." and Find a Friend Bingo games.