Elementary

Góðan dag, Gammas! We are getting more and more comfortable with our classmates, routines, and expectations. We are building our Gamma community of learners where everyone feels safe and ready to take learning risks. This week we finalized and signed our Gamma Agreements and are ready to set sail for adventures in learning and friendship! Math We continued our study of place value in standard, word, and expanded form and started comparing and ordering numbers. Gamma 2’s also learned that each digit’s value is 10X more or less than its next door neighbor. ELA In reading we are still learning

We are off to a great start! We spent much of our time this first week getting to know each other, our space, and our new routine. We focused on community building and by midweek we were splitting into math and reading groups. Math We worked on place value with notetaking and games. ELA We began learning about character traits by reading books and looking for what characters say, do, think, and feel. Theme We just dipped our toes into Vikings by watching a video and discussing it. We listed interesting facts we learned and came up with questions we