Upcoming Events
John and Jennifer Churchman visit W.E.S.
February 17
Game Day
Teachers and staff members will host a mix of W.E.S. students in the afternoon on Friday for a game day!
Feb. 21
End of Trimester II
Feb. 21
February Break
Feb. 24-March 3
February Book Orders Due
Feb. 21
100th Day of School
On Tuesday we celebrated the 100th day of school! We enjoyed reading The Wolf's Chicken Stew, making a 100th day hash and enjoyed some fun cup stacking activities! In spelling, we made a chain of 100 spelling words. Students sorted and read their words aloud, and then picked out their 7 hardest words. They wrote a word on a strip of paper and our chain was created! The colorful chain is hanging in our room!
Silly Faces!
Readers' Workshop
In reading, we are working hard to become experts on nonfiction texts. This week, we learned to use the whole page to help us unlock them meaning of unknown words. We are continuing to use text features to figure out key words as well. Students are learning to talk with their reading partner, and give them a "tour " of their books. We are learning to use sentence starters to help guide meaningful and productive conversations.
Writers' Workshop
The first and second graders focused on elaboration this week. We learned to identify and write twin sentences as a way to tell our readers more and more and more! We will learn to write introductions and conclusions before wrapping this unit up. When we return from vacation we will begin a punctuation/capitalization inquiry.
Big Buddies
On Wednesday, we did a fun Habits of Mind activity on Collecting Data with our Senses. Students had to use their senses to guess the sounds and smells of popcorn popping without seeing it. We tasted and touched the popped kernels. It was lots of fun!
Valentine's Day
We spent the whole week focused on kindness and friendship. In class we brainstormed things that make us feel loved, and ways to treat others to show our love/friendship for them. I introduced the kindness nook to students on Tuesday. I invited students to notice when someone did something kind for them. They could write it down and place a heart shaped note in our nook. On Friday, we read My Heart is Like a Zoo by Micheal Hall. We modeled our valentine bags after his creative heart illustrations. Students were charged with creating an animal from the book. Each animal had to have at least one heart in it. We had fun sharing our special valentines with each other. I loved all of my special treats! Thank you all so much!
Science
I am totally amazed by the work the first and second graders are doing in science! This week, we focused on constructing explanations about how sound is produced. Ms. Russin and I co-taught a lesson using tuning forks and water. It was fascinating to hear how clearly they explained sound production. Students drew models, and came to a consensus on how sound is produced. Later in the week, we created an experiment to determine how sound travels. We bounced a ball at one end of the hall and noticed how different groups of students hear the sound at different times. It is such a joy to work with these kids!
Friday Circle
On Friday we had our weekly Restorative Justice circle in class! We have loved beginning our circles by singing one of our favorites...
Lean on Me by Bill Withers
https://safeyoutube.net/w/69Kz
here is the link to our song!
Silly Faces!
Readers' Workshop
In reading, we are working hard to become experts on nonfiction texts. This week, we learned to use the whole page to help us unlock them meaning of unknown words. We are continuing to use text features to figure out key words as well. Students are learning to talk with their reading partner, and give them a "tour " of their books. We are learning to use sentence starters to help guide meaningful and productive conversations.
Writers' Workshop
The first and second graders focused on elaboration this week. We learned to identify and write twin sentences as a way to tell our readers more and more and more! We will learn to write introductions and conclusions before wrapping this unit up. When we return from vacation we will begin a punctuation/capitalization inquiry.
Big Buddies
On Wednesday, we did a fun Habits of Mind activity on Collecting Data with our Senses. Students had to use their senses to guess the sounds and smells of popcorn popping without seeing it. We tasted and touched the popped kernels. It was lots of fun!
Valentine's Day
Science
I am totally amazed by the work the first and second graders are doing in science! This week, we focused on constructing explanations about how sound is produced. Ms. Russin and I co-taught a lesson using tuning forks and water. It was fascinating to hear how clearly they explained sound production. Students drew models, and came to a consensus on how sound is produced. Later in the week, we created an experiment to determine how sound travels. We bounced a ball at one end of the hall and noticed how different groups of students hear the sound at different times. It is such a joy to work with these kids!
Friday Circle
On Friday we had our weekly Restorative Justice circle in class! We have loved beginning our circles by singing one of our favorites...
Lean on Me by Bill Withers
https://safeyoutube.net/w/69Kz
here is the link to our song!
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