We spent time every day this week discussing community, especially our classroom community. The students brainstormed they would like our classroom community to be like, what a great classmate would be like, and what our classroom rules should be. I read aloud a great Dr. Seuss book, Oh, the Places You'll Go and then we talked about setting learning goals for the school year. The children thought about something they would like to improve on this year and something new they hope to learn. We also read and discussed Salt in His Shoes about Michael Jordan's dream of becoming a great basketball player and the hard work, practice, and determination that it took for him to achieve his goal. Afterwards, the children reflected on their learning goals and thought about what they needed to do to achieve their goal, as well as what help they would need from others in order to achieve their goal. We determined that our classroom community needed to be conducive to helping each student acheive his/her goals- we need to be respectful of one another, allow others to concentrate on their work, and encourage one another. We are responsible to ourselves and each other when it comes to our learning.
We all have a hand in our learning!
Ask your child about his/her goals. Talk about how you could work together on achieving those goals at home as well. Several students are eager to learn cursive and multiplication this year, and they practice (at home and at school) the more likely they are to meet their goal!
Speaking of multiplication...
After spending the first three days practicing our foundational math skills, we are jumping right into multiplication this week. Be on the lookout for math homework each night now that we are starting new material. And, as always....READ, READ, READ!!!
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