I need to send another mass Bravo out to everyone for how they did this morning. They know what it's for!
Today we made our first graph! We started moving and sorting the weather cards from our calendar into columns to see what the weather was like, generally, over the last 4 weeks. We learned that by arranging this information in a "diagramme", we can tell what the weather was like and possibly make a prediction about what season it is. Soon, students will have a chance to copy this information into their own graph and we will make lots of other graphs that help us learn about our class! Ask your child what we found in our weather diagramme. (How many hot days have we had, cold days, snowy days?)
We have also begun a cool writing project. We have read the story "Citrouiville" twice now, and we noticed that the ending of the story could be the beginning of another. Today, we shared and made a list of ideas for what might happen next if the story continued. Then, students did a think-pair-share (they thought about their own idea, turned to a partner, and both partners shared their idea). Tomorrow we will start working on our books. Students will work on the illustrations by cutting and pasting construction paper pieces, while I help children write a few sentences for the beginning, middle, and end of their story. Please ask your child what their idea is for the continuation of "Citrouiville" - it will really help for them to talk through their idea! (What was "Citrouiville" about? How does the story end? What do you think will happen next? How will your story end?)
We also have a new sound this week. It's 'en'. We've only looked at a couple words so far... "dent" (tooth), "cent" (100), and "enfant" are some examples. We also found, in the word "enfant" that 'an' sounds the same as 'en', so we'll look for both of them at the same time.
Please check back tomorrow for important reminders before the field trip!