Beta

An epic battle of ultimate rock paper scissors! Happy Birthday Atlas, Ace and Burton!!!! Thank you for the delicious treats, Beta adores you! In ELA with Ms Andrea… we got through the entire writing process for the first time!! This week’s close reading was on landforms. First, we read it: in whisper, chorally, and in partners.Then we determined the main idea of the informational text when we wrote our gist. Next, we picked apart a prompt to think more deeply about what we had read. This week we even got to use highlighters to highlight important facts & “power words” […]

Week of August 24th In ELA with Ms Andrea… we continued progressing through the steps of our new writing program, Releasing Writers. So far we’ve gotten through the P & O of POW. This week we read two nonfiction texts: “Nests” and “Elephants.” After reading, we figure out the who/what/where (and potentially when or why) and use them to write our “gist” – in a complete sentence. Next we analyze a question about the text and (P) plan our response. For the organizing (O) step, we fill in a TIDE graphic organizer. T= topic, I = important info, D =

Our new batch of Betas is off to a great start! This week we learned A LOT. Beyond routines and classroom jobs, these Betas dove into curriculum, explored new books, jumpstarted handwriting bootcamp, and began to ponder all things earth-related. The sense of community among these kiddos is already strong. They drafted their Beta Agreements with ease. We learned the benefits of having a Growth Mindset and how important it is to fill others’ buckets. We found time to read “How to Succeed” brochures that were lovingly made by the previous Betas in May. We delved into our study of

Math This week, the Betas completed their multiplication post-test and end-of-year exam! These guys nailed multiplication and showed so much tenacity throughout! ELA We finished off phonics with… assessments! After that we teamed up to perform partner plays (a sneaky way to work on reading fluency ;) – and so entertaining! I’m so proud of their growth this year!  With writing projects finished, we continue to pursue poetry. This week we tried our hand at writing Triplet and Season style poems. Theme Two Hives was awesome! A bit muddy but we made seed bombs, tasted Fall & Spring samples of

Math This week in math the Betas continued on with multiplication! We can draw arrays, write and even solve multiplication number sentences! This is so much easier than we thought it’d be! So proud of all of these Betas!! ELA Our focus in phonics this week was on syllabication of words and a review of open/closed syllables. The skill of breaking words into chunks is a valuable one because it can help us identify and read new words, especially the longer words that we’ll encounter soon. We are finishing up our book club novels! These will be our last books