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We continue to strengthen our classroom community and friendships. This week, we spent a lot of time on sharing and socializing with new friends! Every morning the students engage in morning meeting activities where they greet their classmates, share fun facts about themselves, read the morning message, and even play an activity! Students love when it is their day to be "First". They are the line leader, the calendar helper, and first for any activities. We alternate boy-girl through our class list and will continue the cycle once everyone has a turn.
Social Snacks!
One of the best times to talk with friends is during snack. Students worked on taking turns talking and listening. We discussed our favorite foods, games, holidays, and much more! We are starting to make connections too! Ask your child to show you the hand signal to show you share a connection.
FUNdations
Mama Echo shared with the class her story of how she finds dinner (a mouse)
She also helped us learn the letters and sounds for T, B, and F.
Students practice the letters and sounds daily.
She also helped us learn the letters and sounds for T, B, and F.
Students practice the letters and sounds daily.
t-Top-/t/
b-bat-/b/
f-fun-/f/
We used the FUNdations writing grid and dry erase boards to practice writing our letters.
**Look out for a practice packet being sent home Tuesday**
Students will have the week to practice forming their letters. Directions are located under the home connection tab or on the last page of the packet.
Thanks for your support at home!
Centers!
This week's centers focused on syllables, writing, poetry, phonics, and art!
Writing a response to the poem Autumn Fires
In Fundations we learned the letters T, F, and B. Here are some friends practicing the letter F.
Working on our guided writing activity. " I Can ________."
Syllable sort! How many syllables are in your name?
Fewer, More, and Zero
Math this week was focused on comparing groups. Students could look at two groups of objects, compare them, and identify which one has more or fewer. We even extended our learning to tell how many more/fewer a group has.
We also learned about the number zero, which is the same as none. When we need to represent none, we use the number zero.
Singing Songs!
Throughout the day we love to get our energy out through a shake break. We've incorporated music, singing, and actions into the mix, too! We learned Raffi's song, There's a spider on the floor. Next week we will make a spider puppet to go along with the song!
We love to act out 5 Little Pumpkins and we just learned the song Witches Brew.
We will practice these songs often for our Halloween parade on Friday, October 30th!
*More information about Halloween will be coming soon!*
Syllables
All week we've focused our Phonemic Awareness towards Syllables and breaking words up into sounds. We are learning to clap the sounds with our hands OR put our hand underneath our chin and saying the word given. Every time we clap or our chin's touch our hands we know that symbolizes 1 syllable.
Throughout the day we love to get our energy out through a shake break. We've incorporated music, singing, and actions into the mix, too! We learned Raffi's song, There's a spider on the floor. Next week we will make a spider puppet to go along with the song!
We love to act out 5 Little Pumpkins and we just learned the song Witches Brew.
We will practice these songs often for our Halloween parade on Friday, October 30th!
*More information about Halloween will be coming soon!*
Syllables
All week we've focused our Phonemic Awareness towards Syllables and breaking words up into sounds. We are learning to clap the sounds with our hands OR put our hand underneath our chin and saying the word given. Every time we clap or our chin's touch our hands we know that symbolizes 1 syllable.
Additional News:
- NO SCHOOL Monday- Christopher Columbus
-We watched a short video about Columbus on brainpopjr.com and colored a book.
-We remember Columbus on Monday for finding a way from the "Old World" to the "New World"
-We remember Columbus on Monday for finding a way from the "Old World" to the "New World"
-School pictures were taken on Friday. Everyone looked SO nice for picture day!
-We painted Fall trees and sent home our apple trees.
-Friday we started our Narrative Writing Unit. Each student was paired up with a "Thinking Partner" to share their ideas and wrote a sentence to go along with a picture in a wordless book. I will read the book with the class to share their writing.
-In Computers, we worked on a counting activity. The website ABCYA.com is a great resource for Math and ELA games.
Upcoming:
-Next week we will move onto N and M for Fundations.
-We will finish up Fewer, More, and equal next week.
-Scholastic Book Club Orders are due soon. If you haven't already submitted your order please do so. I will be completing the order in the next couple of days.
-Thank you to those who have already pitched in their money for our class's Raffle Basket. A special thanks to Jessica Pupa for organizing!
-We will finish up Fewer, More, and equal next week.
-Scholastic Book Club Orders are due soon. If you haven't already submitted your order please do so. I will be completing the order in the next couple of days.
-Thank you to those who have already pitched in their money for our class's Raffle Basket. A special thanks to Jessica Pupa for organizing!
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