Buckaroo news for August 31 to September 4

The year is flying by already!  We have completed our first full week and it was packed with tons of great learning!  My fabulous "firsties" have shared their thoughts on our week in the captions underneath each picture but I will also share a bit.  

We have begun handwriting practice and your children have heard me use the term "chicken scratch."  Ask your child if they remember what I mean when I say "No chicken scratch:)."  As I shared during Curriculum Night, we are establishing the routines of word study, writer's workshop, reader's workshop, and math workshop.  This takes time and lots of practice so we will be spending the month of September establishing those routines together.  Some of the work that will be coming home will be challenging for some and not so challenging for others but this won't be for long.  Once routines are established, differentiation will begin in full force so that all can grow and be successful wherever they are beginning their journey.  In word study, we are beginning with the "hunk-and-chunk" at.  We've already done many activities involving this hunk-and-chunk such as learning a song about a naughty kitty cat, reading about Pete the Cat, making words with magnetic letters using at, sorting and speed sorting with a buddy, etc.  In math, we began learning how to show our thinking when given a prompt, sharing our thinking, and showing the multitude of ways to show a given number.  Again, establishing the routine before differentiation can begin.

Upcoming Events:
September 7th - NO SCHOOL - Labor Day!
September 17th - Fall Picture Day - More information to come

Our Specials Schedule for Next Week:
Tuesday - Library
Wednesday - P.E.  Remember tennis shoes
Thursday - Art
Friday - Music

We made a garden with pattern blocks.  We made a HUGE land!  

We read a book called Oliver Button Is A Sissy.  We learned that we should not wrinkle other people's hearts.  We learned that people who bully are bucket dippers.  They are bucket dippers because no one has filled up their buckets.  We have bandaids on our arms all in the same place.  This was about fairness.  Fair doesn't mean everyone gets the same thing.  Fair means everyone gets what they need.

These are the words that mean don't wrinkle people's hearts.

One square can turn into something else with your imagination!  

She is teaching us how she did this math problem.