Vocabulary Parade @ Sonora Elementary!

Vocabulary Parade @ Sonora! 

"How-To" Writing

Scholars editing each other's work during writing. They are reviewing their neighbor's "How-To" writing with a checklist. 

Vocabulary Parade @ Sonora Elementary!!!

Vocabulary Parade @ Sonora Elementary

When? Thursday, October 31, 2013

Time: 9:00-10:00 a.m.

Save the date! Our annual Vocabulary Parade is on its way!

Soon, each students will select a word that will become their costume. Put your thinking caps on! How would you show the word ADRIFT? or POROUS? or ZIGZAG? From A to Z, students will consider the entire dictionary as possible wardrobe choices. A suggested word list will be sent home to help your child plan his/her costume. Thank you for helping us make vocabulary instruction into a Parade of Words! 

Family Literacy Night

Family Literacy Night! 

Please join us from 6:00-7:30-Tuesday, October 7th. 

We look forward to seeing you!

There will be pizza served and each child will receive a book. 

As parents, you will receive information regarding Common Core. 

Annual EAST Pancake Breakfast @ Applebee's in Springdale!

 

Please join us!!

 

Time: 8:00-10:00

 

Tickets: $5.00 per person

 

 

 

Morning Message!

We have started our day with a morning meeting and message. In our morning meeting, the students sit in a circle and greet each other in a new language, pinky wave or chant for example. We turn knee to knee and eye to eye as we say "good morning" to our neighbor. We are learning so many interesting things about each other. The students also practice making eye contact with each other and listen for the pause to begin their greeting. By the many smiles and laughter, I would suggest the morning message/meeting is a hit in our classroom! :) 

Counting Collections

Counting Collections!!

 

We have started counting collections in our classroom! The students are working in collaborative groups and being mathematicians. Once they decide the type of collection they want to count, they will then choose how to best count it. Finally, they will record their thinking on paper. Students will have mulitple opportunities to share their strategies with each other in class- we are working to justify our answers using the following word: "because." We will eventually move to placing our work into a number sentence and looking at different ways to be efficient in our counting of collections.

 

Each student was very careful in choosing their collection and worked as a team this past week!! :)