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| Ms. Lindsay and friends teaching us about Cocoa the hedgehog and Franklin the tortoise! |
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| Doing Yoga in Brain Blast! |
This week we reviewed letter names, sounds and sight words. I am so proud of these students! I was amazed at how much they remembered and even grew during break. Thank you for practicing reading and your child's sight words at home, it makes a big difference! We learned two new sight words this week as a group: said and come. In reading we are working on initial sounds and breaking apart the individual sounds in words. Students then out the sounds back together to form the word. Practicing this technique will not only help with reading but writing as well. You can practice this skill at home with your child. Here is an example: break up the word "wind". /W/I/N/D. Wind. This skill takes practice and will strengthen with time. We also worked on concepts of print and the different parts of a book. Students designed and shared with peers their very own book jackets.
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| Students sharing their book jackets with partners. |
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| Practicing our motions with our sight words! |
In Writing this week we learned how to write letters! We talked about how writers write all kinds of writing, including stories, lists, letters, etc. We practiced thinking about who we could write to and why. We then thought about what we should put in a letter. We could include things that are happening in our lives and questions we may ask the person we are writing to. We practiced writing dear_________ and love__________. We also learned that people use different types of writing all day long throughout the day. You may need to write a to-do list in the morning, then a letter to someone for their birthday, and maybe a story about vacation. Students thought about what was going on in their daily lives and chose the type of writing that would best fit into their day. Way to go writers!
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| Aliana, Maylee and Ava writing letters. |
In Math this week we began by reviewing math stories. We did review of math equations and practiced addition and subtraction. We reviewed a plus sign, a take away sign, an equal sign and a not equal sign. We reviewed shapes and practiced sorting shaped by color, size, how many sides the shapes had, etc. We also practiced counting by using five groups which speeds up counting when students initially organize manipulatives by groups of five.
This week in Social Studies we completed our Economics Unit. As a group we discussed goods and services that our families use and that we as individuals use. We looked at pictures of different service providers and talked about when we had used those services in our lives. We also learned that people may trade for goods and services. As a class we practiced trading with play food. Students had to decide who they wanted to trade with and why. They thought about if the trade would be a good trade or a poor trade. This also tied in with needs and wants. Although they may want to trade their vegetable for an ice cream cone, it would probably be more of a want than a need.
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| Ava and Olivia making a trade during Social Studies! |
Notes/Reminders:
-This Thursday is our field trip to see a play. Please provide your child with a car seat or they will not be able to attend the trip. Also, we may not be back in time for lunch so please provide your child with a sack lunch that day just in case.
-Every Wednesday your child will be sent home with a sight word list. Please practice this with your child every night.
-Spelling tests will be starting this week. A list will be sent home Monday with your child. Please practice these words for Friday's test.
-Please make sure your child has an extra change of clothes at school. This is not just for accidents but mud as well. We don't have extra clothes to provide your child with so please make sure they have some in case something happens.
Thank you and have a great week!
Ms. Monica
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