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March 16, 2011

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Week of March 14, 2011

Theme

~Preparing for conferences (My Time at School Book)

~Japanese Inspired Watercolors (The students had been spontaneously conversing about what happened in Japan. There many thoughtful questions being asked and answered, so I thought it would be appropriate to have a more formal discussion as a whole group. We talked, asked questions, shared feelings…and learned a bit about the nation of Japan.)

~Shamrock art

Math

~Subtraction (We are using the skills we’ve been practicing to solve subtraction equations on paper! It’s interesting to see how the concepts we’ve been learning translate to paper and pencil work!)

~Brain Scavenger Hunt (Assessment for conferences)

Language Arts

~Writing workshop

~Collecting a writing sample (writing about a time when we were excited)

~If I were a leprechaun…(writing/art project)

~Buddy Reading

Investigations

Lots of art, dramatic play, board games, and reading this week.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for this info, always great to hear what's going on. Thanks so much for giving our little ones a space to talk about the greater world community (Japan) and to give it context.

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  2. A & O are so excited about their new subtraction skills! Thank you, Becky, for making learning so much fun!

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