Our Week in Review ~ September 25th - 29th

It was another great week to be in K2! 

In ELA we finished introducing all the letters of the alphabet. Our essential question was "What can you do?" We discussed all the things we can already do that we maybe couldn't do when we were younger and wrote about that in our journals.  We reviewed our sight words I, can and in learning centers we practiced saying them, reading them and writing them. We also sorted the sight words as well. During learning centers we also practiced writing our name with just an uppercase at the beginning and the rest lowercase. If you can have your K2er practice that at home as well, it would be greatly appreciated. We practiced writing letters with a fun game called roll & record and matched uppercase to lowercase letters.  Next week we will begin focusing in on a letter each week where we will work on letter formation, remembering the sound the letter makes, and coming up with things that begin with that sound.

Then on Friday we talked about the "power of YET" after we read the story "Giraffes Can't Dance" and then everyone came up with something they can't do...yet! It was such a fun activity and I loved hearing the K2ers say what they couldn't do and how quick they were to add the word yet.  I think they are well on their way to having a growth mindset. This is a great explanation of what a growth mindset is...

Here is our chart of the things K2 can't do...YET!

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In Math this week we finished up our Topic 1 lessons.  We continued working on reading, writing and counting numbers 0 to 5. We also worked a little bit on different ways we could make 5 such as 3 and 2, 1 and 4, 4 and 1 and 2 and 3. Next week we will reviewing Topic 1 and taking the end of unit assessment. Then we will be moving into Topic 2 where we will Compare Numbers 0 to 5. 

Next week is a VERY busy week at Johnny Appleseed. On Monday we have our Magazine Drive kick-off assembly, Tuesday is picture day and Wednesday is "International Walk to School Day" and a half day for students. Be sure to send in your walk to school permission slips on Monday. They are due back by 9:00 am on Tuesday, October 3rd.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!