Math
This week in math we continued to explore the concepts of same and different and introduced the numbers 4 and 5. We practiced counting collections of objects up to 5 and practiced writing these numbers as well! We even designed our own pretend animals and practiced counting while we used numbers to label our pictures.
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| Designing a pretend animal |
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| The afternoon class sharing their design and finding similarities and differences! |
We learned the sounds and motions for the following letters this week. Check out the videos below to help remember these sounds!
/c/ as in "clock"
/k/ as in "kite"
/e/ as in "egg"
/h/ as in "hot"
Click HERE to listen to the video for the letter C
Click HERE to listen to the video for the letter K
Click HERE to listen to the video for the letter E
Click HERE to listen to the video for the letter H
Literacy
This week during reading workshop, the children continued to practice our workshop routines so that we can grow and develop as readers. During our interactive read aloud lesson, we read But Excuse Me That is My Book by Lauren Child, which is a story about a girl named Lola who goes to the library to check out her favorite book only to find out that someone else has already checked it out. Her brother Charlie tries to help her see that there are other books at the library she might enjoy. As we read through the story and Charlie showed Lola different kinds of books, the students gave a thumbs up or a thumbs down to show their interest in a particular genre. They had some time to pick a book from our classroom library and practice thinking about whether or not it was a book that would interest them. Then they shared their book choices with their partners.
This was one of our first steps to help the children begin to reflect on themselves as readers and to help them begin to answer the question, "Who Am I as a Reader?" Thank you SO much for working with your child to complete our two reading interest surveys. The information from these surveys will be very helpful in the coming weeks as the children learn how to shop for books for their individual book bins.
We also revisited a lesson from last week where we learned the difference between letters, words, and sentences. After rereading the poem The Itsy Bitsy Spider and finding examples of letters and words, the students picked a book from our class library and found examples of letters, words, and sentences.
The children were introduced to the Zones of Regulation this week. Students learned that our feelings and emotions can fall into four zones, which can be compared to traffic signs like the ones below. Our goal is to be in the green zone when we're feeling happy, so that we're "Good to go!" and ready to learn. We read the book The Way I Feel and then sorted different emotions into the four zones. Throughout the course of the year, we will practice how to identify our emotions, and then we will learn strategies to help us get back to the green zone when needed.
This week the students rotated through several centers that focused on upper and lowercase letters as well as activities related to our names.
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| ABC Puzzle |
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| Sorting upper and lowercase letters |
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| Name puzzles |
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| Spelling the names of our friends |
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| Using magnetic letters to spell our names |
This week both classes enjoyed our first "Me Bag" presentations of the school year! In the morning, Eva did a great job sharing some of her favorite things. We learned that Eva loves pizza and ice cream, and she is a big fan of Super Heroes. She also enjoys playing with Legos and spending time with her family and her dog Rocco! We also learned about a special visit Eva and her family took to the Walnut Room downtown when she received a special gift from a fairy. So exciting!
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| Thank you to Eva's mom for sharing one of her favorite books! |
The afternoon class was excited to learn all about Mohaimn and some of his favorite things. We learned that Mohaimn is a big fan of superheroes, and his favorite color is blue. He enjoys coloring and playing with his collection of toy cars. Mohaimn is also a big fan of How to Train Your Dragon, and he enjoys spending time with his family!
For more photos from the week click HERE.
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