Picture Day

Students were all smiles coming into school today as they got ready for Picture Day! 

Today was our first library visit of the year. Students had the very important job of choosing 2 books that were 'just right' fits. We talked about how to pick a book using the acronym 'I Pick', which continues our journey into the Daily 5 literacy skills: 

I choose a book.

Purpose - what is the purpose of reading this book?

Interest - does this book interest me? 

Comprehension - can I understand what the book is trying to tell me? 

Know - do I know most of the words? 

Students also practiced counting backwards from 100 and then played a game with partners using the hundreds chart. Give it a try! 

1. Start with a blank hundreds chart 

2. Choose one number to start at - for example, 35. 

3. Each player takes a turn recording the number above, below, one more than or one less than. 

As play goes on, students start noticing patterns in the chart

You can count by 1's

This group started skip counting by tens