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 Ivan Day 2022!! Art work, debate, snacks and so many exciting learning opportunities.  Check it out!

 

2/4/22

More winter weather is upon us; par for the course here in New England! Who would have thought that we would have another snow day?!?! For those of you keeping track, the last day of school is now, Wednesday June 22, 2022 and it will be a half day for students. Monday June 20th will be a holiday for students and staff to celebrate Juneteenth.

 It has been another exciting week here at JFK.  We are working on multiplicative comparisons and measurement in math. We have been learning about the characteristics of a geographic region in the US, when states achieved statehood and how the country expanded westward.  We are wrapping up our final activities related to the book Saving Winslow in reader’s and writer’s workshop.  These activities relate to vocabulary, speaking and listening skills via a debate about farm animals living in town, and fiction writing.  We will start a new unit on mythology next week!

We did spend time learning about Chinese New Year this past week during Creative Arts Tuesday and we participated in World Read Aloud Day on Wednesday by reading picture books together and by listening to authors and celebrities read some of their favorite books. Dr. Ashley joined us as a mystery reader; the students were so excited to see her and to hear the story Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom by Angela Johnson.

Check out the pictures from the past few weeks!

I hope that you enjoyed the snow day.  Have a great weekend!

Mrs. A

Mrs. A's daughter demonstrating how to make snowflakes from a piece of square paper.

Juicy Nibble

It is BUSY in Room 23 so I don't always remember to take pictures but here are a few from this week. There was a beautiful sunset this week amidst the gray days.   Enjoy!

SCIENCE!!!!

Word work!  Adjectives to describe Dr. Connolly!

Book Talk

SCIENCE!!!

Staying safe and distanced.

A Big Bite

 

Last week the snowy weather was a sign of December and this week we have unseasonably warm weather, what could THAT be a sign of, do you think?  We are NOT complaining about the warmth, not one bit!  We love being able to get the children outside on such nice days.

In math, we continue to work on reading and writing numbers through 1,000,000 and working on concepts in place value.  In science we continue learning about our amazing planet and are focusing on earthquakes, volcanoes, weathering and erosion.

We continued to focus on text structures and text features in nonfiction works and are building stamina in independent reading.  We are connecting reading and writing by reading nonfiction books about dogs in order to research favorite breeds in order to create a persuasive essay on the best dog for our families.  Be aware that requests for a new dog may start coming your way soon!

During Creative Arts Tuesday (CAT) students are writing informational poems in any form.  In technology students continued working on their winter Rebus and practiced editing and revising in a conference with a partner. In project based learning, the students have participated in a digital escape room and now are working on saving Slide City from a landslide.  We are able to focus on many standards across the curriculum in an engaging way when it comes to Creative Arts Tuesday!

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks-ENJOY!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. A,

A Big Bite

 Here are some pictures from our week together (and from the Puff Mobile RAce ;)).