Week in Review!

Math:

We created our “You Can Count On Me” board where each student put a picture of themselves on a paper person and placed it on the board close to the number they were able to count to. We had 6 students who are able to count to 100 and were awarded as our classroom “Math Magicians”. Each student’s goal is to be able to count to 100 by the end of the school year. I hope to have 18 class math magicians by the end of May, if not sooner!



--This week we practiced counting with a partner in Math with Someone by passing back and forth a Zoo Phonics stuffed animal between partners. The goal is to count to 25 and if they are able to count higher it’s a bonus!

--We introduced another “Math by Myself” activity where the student uses a deck of cards and math manipulatives. The student turns over a card and adds the correct number of manipulatives under each card. By the end they are able to see the various lengths of numbers under each card!

-We also reviewed our numbers and shapes by tossing a beach ball to each other. Whatever color our thumbs landed on, we had to tell the shape and two numbers written in that section!
 

Writing:

-We practiced writing sentences using our sight words in a class story about our field trip last week. We also had a celebration on Wednesday with our 5^th grade buddies from Miss Eloff’s classroom. They came to our room and sat with a student from our class and went through the writing journal helping add detail, write a new sentence and tell stories about writing.

-We also worked with our writing partners in class on using a check list to see if our writing has all of the parts needed for a complete writing piece!

Reading:

-Our sight word this week was the word “can”.

How can you help your child with this strategy at home?

*Become aware of the sight words your child is practicing. When reading, focus on one or two within stories.

*Remember review and repetition is invaluable. Be sure to practice the sight words a few minutes each night

*Create a game of “sight word memory”. Look for pairs of words that match and read the words as you turn them over.

*Have your child write a sight word on a card, cut the words apart and see if your child can put them back together.

*Create a game of “Go Fish”. After grasping the concept of the game, only count matches that can be read.

-We practiced the reading strategy “Identify the Setting in a Story”.  The setting is described by where the story takes place. Look through books and talk with your child about where the characters are and if the setting changes throughout the story.

 

-We also practiced our ABC letter sounds by playing a bean toss game onto a mat with letters!

EXTRA:

Miss Edmondson came into our class this week and read us a really neat story called Bully Beans. She taught us about standing up to bullies and even gave us our own jelly "bully" beans to give us courage to do so!

Fire Safety:

We had a wonderful week learning all about fire safety. We studied the fire fighters job, ways to be safe at home and school and what to do in an emergency. We practiced “stop drop and roll”, learned when to call 9-1-1 and that fire fighters are our friends.













  STOP  

  DROP  

  ROLL

Poem of the Week--Here Are My Eyes

Apple Week!

Apple week was a success! We examined our apples and came up with words to describe the way they looked and felt. We also read about Johnny Appleseed and made our very own apple tree with Johnny’s help and placed 10 apples on the tree! To finish the week off we had an apple tasting with the different colors of apples, applesauce, apple pie, caramel apples and apple juice! Thank you to all of the families who donated items for our apple tasting. Be sure to have your child show you their tasting page to see which items they liked and which ones they did not.

                 

(Insert child's name) picked 10 apples with Johnny Appleseed!

Week in Review!

Reading:

-Our sight word this week was the word “we”.

-We practiced the reading strategies “Name the Characters” in a story. When we read, we often recognize common elements of a story that include plot, character, setting, and theme. We use these elements to help us infer what will happen next. As readers, when we identify and understand these elements, we store this information to help us remember and comprehend what the story is about. Literary elements work together to form the story and make it interesting. We learn literary elements separately, but we combine them when reading to give us a better understanding of the story. It is important that children specifically look for these elements as they first learn them. It is through  exposure and practice that readers become good at using these elements to comprehend text.

How can you help your child with this strategy at home?

--When reading a story with your child, discuss the
character. Begin by asking your child who or what the story is about.

Math:

-This week we continued to practice number recognition 1-20, counting and naming and describing the 2D shapes.

-The red math folders were sent home on Wednesday. The math pages inside are beginning of the year math activities that are to be completed with your help/guidance. Return this folder before or by the last school day in October. I will send the next round of math activities to be completed at home the following month.

-PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE numbers 1-20! J

 

Writing:

 

-We introduced our specific writing goals this week. Each child knows all of the areas of writing we have introduced and are practicing but each student has a specific goal on the board that he/she is to focus on when they are writing. The goal is a writing strategy that will help them progress in their writing and become better writers!



Poem of the Week--We Can

WHAMMY!

One of our new fun Friday activities is to play the game WHAMMY! We have started off by putting Popsicle sticks with each of the letters A-Z written on them. We go around the circle and students take a turn to pull a stick out of the red cup. They say the sound the letter makes on their stick, if they get the letter correct they get to keep the stick! The object of the game is to have the most sticks at the end, however there is one stick in the cup that says "WHAMMY". If a student pulls that stick out he/she has to put all of the sticks back into the cup! It gets quite hilarious as the anticipation builds to see who will get the WHAMMY stick!

Number Recognition & Counting 1-10!

Today we practiced our numbers 1-10 by using our floor number line. The first part of the lesson each student had a chance to take a bean bag and toss it on the correct number that was called out. The second part of the lesson, each student had a chance to walk the number line and count out loud the numbers as he/she stepped on them! We are having fun learning our numbers!