Thursday, October 31, 2013

October 31


We have been working on making text to self and text to text connections in Reader's Workshop.  Ask your child about connections!

Our sight words now include I, see, a, the, we, and like.  Each week, we practice making, reading, and using our sight words.  You can help at home by having your child practice reading and spelling our words (and others if they are ready) and by finding our sight words in books or on labels.

In phonics we continue to practice letter formation, rhyming, counting syllables, and listening skills.

We have been practicing writing simple sentences.  We are talking about leaving spaces between words and putting a period at the end of a sentence.  Our class has been excited about finding other types of punctuation during shared reading time.

In math, we continue to practice skills such as number recognition, counting, patterns, sorting, and graphing.  Ask your child about math centers and our math journal.

In science, we have been learning about owls, pumpkins, spiders, and bats.  This week, the class visited Mrs. Shogren's room for some fun science activities!  


Here are a few pictures from the last week:

This was a labeling activity that we did during writing time.  We learned what labeling is and practiced on Logan.  Then, we tried labeling a picture in our journal!

Sunday, October 20, 2013

October 16



The tree we "adopted"

Learning about community helpers



Our fire station field trip


Friday, October 4, 2013

October 4

Today was our pep rally and mini-homecoming parade.  What a fun morning!  Let's hope that the Tiders have a great game tonight!

Next week we will be reviewing our sight words I and SEE and adding a new word: A.  We will have many opportunities to practice these words throughout the year and your help at home is greatly appreciated.  We will also be starting a social studies unit on community helpers.  Our two field trips are scheduled for next week...one to the fire station and one to some local businesses.  

Here are a few pictures of this week's activities.

A word work activity with our new sight words


Our apple trees that we made in Mrs. Precourt's room

Learning to play Chutes and Ladders

Ordering numbers during a math center

Using the balance to learn about apples


Sorting practice

More sorting practice - this was a new favorite center!

A picture of the whole class

Some examples of our journal entries