On Friday our buddies helped us use the reading program "Raz Kids" on the iPads! Your child brought home a parent letter and a Raz Kids log-in card for them to use Raz Kids at home! This is a great way to supplement our reading program at school and home. We will be using Raz Kids and other learning programs more at school. If you can send in a pair of headphones for your child to keep at school for the year, it will help students use technology throughout the year! Please label the headphones with your child's name :)
Here is our first 5 words from our new sight word list! This week's words are: do all under on at This is our poem of the week: This week we are talking all about perseverance. Our poem says "I think I can"! This is a positive mindset that we are trying learn to say to ourselves even when things are hard. We listened to a story called "How to catch a star" which is about a boy who loved stars and wished he could catch his own. We counted that he tried at least 5 different ways to catch a star and did not give up until one of his ways worked! We brained stormed what perseverance is and made a list. Then, we drew pictures of a time that we thought something was hard but had to persevere to accomplish it. We drew before and after pictures of what it looks and feels like to persevere! Some of us drew about learning how to ride a bike, swim, skate, climb monkey bars, and play hockey. REMINDERS: We seem to have a fruit fly problem ...