The students worked on some art work for the first page of our art journals. Ms. Rauser did a lesson about shades. We discovered that if you add white to a color it makes it a lighter color and black makes it a darker color. We used this technique to make a ripple effect on our page with paint. We will later be adding our school inquiry quote along with water drops.
We had a great time with our grade 1/2 buddies this morning. The buddies learned more about each other by asking each other questions and then creating a Venn Diagram to show how they are alike and different. We are excited to have met our buddies and look forward to doing many activities with them throughout the year.
Mrs. Cooper's students now have a home reading book in their folder. After your child reads it each time at home encourage them to put it back in their envelope pocket so that it remains in their folder when coming to and from school. We have a few parent volunteers that will be coming in throughout the week to read and exchange the books as needed so it is important to have the book at school even if it doesn't need to be exchanged. A big thank you to the wonderful volunteers that have offered to help us out with home
***Helpful Hints for Parents: Home reading books can be used in a variety of ways. Students should read the book outloud (to practice fluency and expression) the first time. The next night they can take the same book and read it again to their parents. Parents...after this reading ask your child to retell the book with 'detail and description'. This is an area that many children require further practice. Short answers lacking specifics from the book indicate that full understanding of the story may not be present. The next night the student can look for words that they may not have fully understood and can use a dictionary to find the meaning or a thesaurus to find other words that mean the same thing.
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