Read A Thon

Happy Spring Break!

I know we are all into the break of relaxing and hopefully reading! 

I want to send out a HIGH FIVE to all on how awesome you are doing on reading for the Read A Thon especially!! 

Remember to log those minutes and to also invite sponsors for support if you can. Let me know if you need your login or have any question or concerns for the Read A Thon!
You are all doing awesome!!
Have a fun, relaxing and wonderful spring break!

Understanding Characters

Last week, a chunk of our learning was geared towards understanding characters and using adjectives. So we put the two together, adding a bit of prior knowledge with traits and synonyms, then used ourselves as a fun and fantastic idea! We split ourselves in two. If we were a character in a story, without exaggeration or goofiness, how would we understand ourselves as a character.

Ask your child to describe the process to you. One side is how they see themselves on the outside (physical traits) and the other side is how they see themselves on the inside (personality traits). We ALWAYS say honesty is best! I even did one with the students...harder said than done!

Author Visit

To help us celebrate reading month and Westwoods Read-a-Thon, Author and Presenter Jenifer Strauss visited our school and inspired many students to Tell, Read, and Write more stories!

She was very engaging and enjoyed by all!

Collaborative Art Night - April 20th

Our 3rd Annual Collaborative Art Night is right around the corner on the evening of April 20th. 

Enjoy a night out to see and buy amazing art by all of our Westwoods classrooms. All teachers and students, from Pre-K to 5th grade, have come together to each have a part in creating beautiful pieces. The flyer is below. You can register online by April 13th. 

At the event you can place a bid on any and all pieces of art you would like to take home.

Our classroom created a large owl. Every student painted up to 10 feathers. The color they painted depended on their book club color so we could have a large variety of color. Then, students went back to their feathers later to add more flare with paint pens. Last weekend, I placed all feathers in order to create an owl. It turned out amazing! You will want this piece :)

Our second creation is working with Mrs. Walter's kindergarten classroom. Each student put their own twist on five colored sticks. Between all Mrs. Walters kindergarten students and my second grade students, we are going to take a few finished sticks from every student to create a masterpiece! This will be an additional art piece you can buy at art night on April 20th.

Biography Homework

A change to our homework this week...

Read A Thon

The Read A Thon is on!!! 

Monday

Monday all students could start logging minutes. All logins were sent home in their communicators.

I am logging anything we do as a whole or in a book club. The students are on their own to keep track of other independent minutes in school and at home. I will also give time here and there for students to get on computers for logging minutes only. More exploration and changes made to their owl will need to be done at home. Please let me know if you have any questions on this.

Tuesday

Tuesday was our all school read in! Students started their day reading in the hallway with classmates, peers, teachers, and family members! Awesome experience!