A warm welcome to our new student, Mayar!
Mayar and her family just moved to Ann Arbor from Saudi Arabia.
We are very happy to have her!
On Monday, the children introduced themselves to Mayar
and helped her get acquainted with the classroom.
This week in math the children worked on measuring items and furniture around the room. We measured our math journals, the width of doors and the height of chairs and desks. The children also practiced tiling surfaces with pattern blocks.
We also have been practicing estimation in math, and had an interesting conversation about where the term "ballpark estimate" came from. Liam drew us a ballpark to illustrate the game of baseball
for those who aren't familiar!
This week we read a funny story called "Fortunately" by Remy Charlip:
The story follows Ned and his series of fortunate and unfortunate events, leading him to his own surprise party. The first few lines begin like this:
Fortunately, Ned was invited to a surprise party.
Unfortunately, the party was a thousand miles away.
Unfortunately, the party was a thousand miles away.
The story continues to follow this pattern. We also had our own true series of fortunate and unfortunate events with this story book (including some missing pages!) which you should ask your child about!
The children are now writing their own "Fortunately" stories. They began with story boards, where they are planning out what will be on each page of their books. Below are some of their works in progress. So many creative ideas and the children are having a wonderful time with it!
Arush shared a family story during Author's Chair:
Read Aloud by Owen:
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