What a great first week we had! I am so proud of their hard work and know we will learn so much together! Our big focus was learning our Whole Brain Teaching techniques. If you saw the flyer in their Friday Folder, you saw seven parts that we implement at DRE in our classrooms. Here Sam and Cara and working on Teach, Ok! When I say teach, they say Ok and turn to each other and start taking about what I asked them to discuss. Usually there are gestures that match what they are saying. We are all becoming experts!
We also began our math time with some exploration of our math tools. Students used pattern blocks and geoboards (pictured below), unifix cubes, dominoes, and geoblocks. We are starting to understand how to use these as tools and not toys. Math is my favorite subject to teach and I can't wait for tomorrow and a new game called Compare.
Much of our week was spent getting to know one another and learning the procedures for our classroom. Some things we will get to this week: procedures for writing and getting our writing folders, finding surprises in our book box, starting read to self, handwriting, math games, and continued number sense review. Stay tuned!
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