The Week of February 14

 

Upcoming Events 

February Vacation Feb. 21-March. 1

Report Cards go home- March 11

Spring Conferences- March 17 

No School- March 18.

Valentine's Day Celebration

On Monday we took time to exchange our special treats. Students really enjoyed and appreciated the yummy snacks and special valentines! 

Diversity Mini Unit 

 

Valentine's Day was a great way to kick off our mini unit on diversity. Students spent time watching videos, listening to poetry, listening to music, dancing and listening to biographies together. On Thursday, we watched some amazing athletes who compete in the paralympics. On Friday we read Mae Among the Stars written by Roda Ahmed.  Students were shocked to hear that Mae Jemison, the first african american woman astronaut was told she should pursue a different dream because of the color of her skin.  We loved the saying in the book, "If you dream it, if you believe in it, if you work hard for it, anything is possible." We spent time talking about our dreams for the future and painted pictures together to share our dreams with others! 

check out this incredible drummer- click on the link below. 

https://video.link/w/wsENb

we also loved the book Mixed by Aree Chung 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn0ep5u0kZo&ab_channel=WeAreTeachers

Writers' Workshop

This week, we fixed up our favorite page from our informational books! Each student conferenced with a teacher and worked to add upper case letters, punctuation and appropriate spelling corrections. We created a google slide show to share with our Waterville community. Students typed their pages, learned to insert google images and had fun choosing unique backgrounds and fonts. 

While students conferenced with a teacher to fix up their writing, other students LOVED working on a free choice writing project. Some students worked on writing graphic novels with partners/groups, while others continued to work on informational writing, and some students enjoyed creating stories based off of some fun picture prompts. 

Movie Day 

The first and second graders were flexible thinkers when we learned that the special WES Olympic Celebration had to be postponed! Today we watched Raya the Last Dragon, enjoyed popcorn and cupcakes and cleaned our classroom from top to bottom! We also made some fun new name tags for new table spots when we return from vacation.