Theatre IV, Deep Belly Breathing, & Getting DTB
We started off our week with an amazing visit from Theatre IV and their beautiful production of Pinocchio!
We read a book called What Does It Mean to Be Present and practiced our deep belly breathing skills. This should come in handy not just when we rotate through reading stations, but anytime we are overwhelmed or stressed out. Deep belly breathing calms our amygdalas down so our prefrontal cortex can make wise choices!
We really got going in reading groups this week and have been working our hardest in reading rotations. If you aren’t working with Ms. Beck at the macaroni table, you might be reading to yourself, practicing reading skills on Study Island or another assigned website, or completing a writing activity in the “Work on Writing” station. Here are some photos of us hard at work during reading groups last week!
We also started digging into adding and subtracting big numbers, looking for addition and subtraction key words in word problems, and breaking apart those word problems with a 4-square graphic organizer to better understand what we are being asked to do.
Friday was “Fluffy Friend Day” if you chose to spend your mallard money on that item, but don’t worry, we’ll have another one soon!
I hope you all had a great weekend. It certainly was a beautiful one! Don’t forget we’ve got Mayboory coming up soon! Will I see you there?
