100th Day of School!

Wednesday was our 100th day of school! We had a great time incorporating 100 into all of our activities that day. We read about and looked at how many arrays we could make with 100 ants.  We learned some fun new facts such as dolphins have over 100 teeth, eagles can fly over 100 miles looking for prey, and baby hippos can weigh as much as 100 pounds at birth! We incorporated some STEM activities into our rotataions, and we even did 100 exercises.

Since the first day of school, I have been giving the students a symbloic penny. On the 100th day of school they finally had enough money to go to the Dollar Store. It was a fun day of leaning and exploring.

Guided Proofreading Procedures

I thought it would be helpful to post a little something about our writing checklist. Often this gets overlooked, but it is a critical part of the writing process. We have been using our writer's checklist to check for errors in writing. I am encouraging students to use this whenever the write. This can also be incorporated whenever you are helping your child at home.

1. Pointing to words as you read the sentence allows students to check and make sure they have not omitted and words. 

2. This step is often skipped, and capitalization and punctuation are the most common errors students make. 

3. I have students check the spelling of the words by using their journals or the word wall in our classroom. These are words that cannot be tapped. 

4. I call this the "built in spellchecker" 

5. At this point we have only learned open and closed syllables. 

6. This helps with fluency.