Week 22

Here are some highlights from the week...

The first graders spent some time editing their How-To writing both independently and with a partner. We practiced our "street light editing" - where the students outline the capital at the beginning in green, underline their transition word in yellow and outline their punctuation in red. This is a great tool to support sentence structure. We also want to make sure that we don't have any random capital letters popping up!

We added Rosa Parks to our biography journal. After studying MLK, it felt only natural to study another important figure who worked with MLK to end segregation. The first graders are inspired by their perseverance! 

The week ended with a special four-legged guest! Jack, a retired therapy dog, spent the morning in our classroom and the first graders got to take turns reading to and petting Jack. The first graders did a great job with their dog etiquette and Jack seemed to feel right at home with all of the belly rubs he got! We are looking forward to having him and Phyllis (Solja's grandma) come back again soon :)

Reminders:

2/13 -- Report card envelopes signed and returned! (For a treat)
2/15 -- Spirit Day - Aloha Day
2/15 -- TAG Saturday Academy class 8:15 - 10:15am
2/15 -- Teva Oriata Assembly @ 1:15pm
2/17 -- Valentines Exchange
2/20 -- No School - President's day



Here are some photos from the week...