Highlights of the Week

Ms. Luchies has challenged WCS to read 4,000 picture books for National Picture Book Month.  We have already read over 300 picture books in 2-P!  Students log their books every day during DEAR time.

On Monday we had our Author's Celebration with Mrs. Vise's class.

We shared our stories.

We shared snack and smiles and friendship too!

On Friday we kicked off our new writing unit on realistic fiction.  Students planned out the supporting characters in their series.

In Guidance with Mrs. Reny we worked on gratitude!

Illustrating covers for our small moment books.

We worked on reading with compassion this week - thinking of how books can change us and our thinking.

Students continue to practice identifying genre and how they know a book fits in a particular category.

In small reading groups we often practice various comprehension skills, such as figuring out a character's inside and outside traits.

Most days at the end of math we make time for Rocket Math, an individualized fact fluency program to help students master their facts.  We are plugging away with addition facts and each child moves at their own pace.  Students practice both orally and in writing each day.