Cultures Around the World Marketplace

 

Cultures Around the World Marketplace 

Thank you to all of the WES families for visiting our marketplace today! Students learned a lot and really enjoyed working in small groups with students from other classrooms. Our posters will be hung in the hallway after February break.

 Each student was given Cougar Cash to spend at the marketplace and purchased a craft from around the world. Here are some pictures from our day! 

Cultures Around The World Student Links

 

Cultures Around the World Project Links

China

Africa

Brazil


Australia

The Week on Feb. 13

 

Upcoming Events

Feb. 22 -Early Release Day @ 11:30

Feb. 24 -Cultures Around the World Marketplace  @ 8:30am

In our current Social Studies unit, students are researching cultures around the world. We are learning about the language, traditions, economy, and food of a given culture and will be putting this knowledge on display next Friday!

You are invited to attend our Culture Marketplace in the 2/3 classroom next Friday, February 24th at 8:30am (following Community Meeting). Students have been hard at work and are excited to show off what they know! We hope to see you there. I will be sure to take plenty of pictures for those who can't make it!

February Break- Feb. 27- Mar. 7

PBIS School Wide Celebration

On Monday, we celebrated using our PAWS in school by taping people up onto the wall! Each student added a piece of tape and really enjoyed this fun celebration. 

Students have the opportunity to join the PBIS team and add their ideas for future celebrations. 

Fundations/ Spelling

This week, the first and second graders began one last unit of study before February break. Students continue to learn new Power Words and have begun to dig into welded sounds (ing, ung, ong, ang) and the y was a vowel. 

First Grade Math 

The first graders are finishing up Unit 4 this week. Students learned to use a number line to add and subtract single digit numbers, and began working with multiples of ten. In class, we played a fun game called Super Frogs where we practiced all of these skills. Later in the week, we began to apply our knowledge of skip counting by tens. Students used bundles of popsicle sticks to skip count off decade by tens i.e. 4, 14, 24, 34, 44, 54, 64, 74, 84, 94, 104. 

When we return from February Break, we will begin unit 6. We will return to unit 5 later in the school year. 

Check out this cool resource to learn more about our next unit. 

Unit 6 Overview

Valentine's Day Art 

Cultures Around the World Marketplace

 

Cultures Around the World Marketplace 

Feb. 24th @ 8:30am

In our current Social Studies unit, students are researching cultures around the world. We are learning about the language, traditions, economy, and food of a given culture and will be putting this knowledge on display next Friday!

You are invited to attend our Culture Marketplace in the 2/3 classroom next Friday, February 24th at 8:30am (following Community Meeting). Students have been hard at work and are excited to show off what they know! We hope to see you there. I will be sure to take plenty of pictures for those who can't make it!

Please let me know if you have any questions. 

The Week of Feb. 6

 Upcoming Events 

Feb 13- PBIS School Wide Celebration / Tape a Teacher & Student to the Wall

LOTS OF PICTURES TO COME :)

Feb 14- Classroom Valentine's Day Celebration

This year we will have a small classroom celebration in honor of Valentine's Day. If you would like to bring a treat please click on the link below to sign up. Please let me know if you are unable to view the google doc.

First and Second Grade Valentine's Day Party

Feb 16- StarBase Rocket Launch  @ 1:15-2:15

Feb. 22 -Early Release Day @ 11:30

Feb. 24 -Cultures Around the World Marketplace T and D TBD

100th Day of School 

On Thursday, we celebrated the 100th day of school! Together we grouped our 100s collections in many different ways. Students enjoyed sharing their special collections. Here are some pictures from our celebration. 

Readers' Workshop

In reading, the first and second graders are finishing up our unit on nonfiction texts. This week we worked identifying an author's purpose. Together we read several nonfiction / fiction books and sorted them into groups. We highlighted parts of the text that support the author's purpose. Later in the week, we practiced  using the QAR strategy for answering questions about a text. Students sorted questions into the different groups. 

Cultures Around the World 

We are very excited to begin our Social Studies project: Cultures Around the World. We gathered with the K and 2-3 classrooms to choose the cultures we wanted to learn more about, and began exploring the resources we will use. Students met in their small groups and planned out their work for our next session. 

Students will research their cultures, record their learning, create a poster showing important facts, and create a craft to sell at our Culture's Around the World Marketplace. The WES community will be invited to visit our Culture's Around the World Marketplace the week of Feb. 20th we will let you know our final date ASAP. 

Writers' Workshop

In writing, we chose our favorite nonfiction piece of writing to edit and revise. Students read their piece to make sure words and sentences sounded right and looked right. We added any finishing touches to our books. Next week, we will begin using a cool app called Typing.com. It will help us to navigate the keyboard and type. I will be working with students in small groups to revise and edit their books, and produce a fancy copy using google docs and images. 

Here we are selecting our favorite pieces and rereading them. 

100th day of School Celebration

 

It’s hard to believe this Thursday, Feb. 9^th is our 100^th day of school! We are excited to celebrate this day together! Students are welcome and encouraged to bring a collection of 100 items to share with the class.

Collections could include 100:

Legos

Pennies

Rocks

Stickers

Cheerios

Beads

Army men

Pencils/ Pens

These are just suggestions, so be creative! The first and second grade classrooms will be displaying our collections during math class on Thursday.

 

Looking forward to a great 1ooth day!

Mrs. Marcelino

 

Comfy Cozy Day Tomorrow Feb. 2 2023

 ***Comfy Cozy Day  - Feb. 2***

 

 The first and second graders have earned a class celebration! We have been working on cleaning up and transitioning from activity to another. quickly, quietly and safely! 

 To celebrate, we will wear our "comfy clothes" or bring a comfy, cozy stuffed animal to school tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 2 .Students are welcome to wear PJs, slippers, or any other clothes that are comfy + bring a stuffy to school.

Thank you to all the first and second grade families for you dedication and help from home.