Friday, October 30, 2015
Happy Halloween!!
Today was party time for Halloween! It was exciting from the moment the children came into the classroom. They couldn't wait to put on their costumes and get ready for the day. We paraded around the school with all the classes. The music was ghoulish and the crowds were abundant. In the afternoon we celebrated with games, food and a craft. Nothing can get better than that! Thanks to the moms who volunteered.
Ocean World
On Tuesday we were entertained by a Marine Biologist who spoke about the North Atlantic Ocean. We had the chance to touch some REAL ocean animals as we learned a little bit about their habitat. We also explored some sea animal bones, pictures and whale artifacts with magnifying glasses. In the end, we made a stamp print of a fish. It was a GREAT time!
Friday, October 23, 2015
Star Writers Club
We are writers! And our club is called the Stars Writers Club created and decided by the kids. We have been working everyday trying to create small moment stories. We started out with just a one page picture and have moved along to writing a three page narrative. Labeling our pictures, adding coloring, details, speech bubbles, and action to our illustrations has been fun and exciting. We are learning to give our stories a beginning, middle and end sequence. Below are a few samples of the first page of some stories. Take a peek!
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Homework
As mentioned at PIN night, homework will be given to the class once a week through the first trimester of school. It will increase to two then three days a week as the year progresses.
Please note that every WEDNESDAY starting today, your child will have homework to complete (10 minutes) to be returned the next day. Make sure you check his/her backpack for the activity. Activities will vary in nature. It could be cutting, learning to tie shoes, counting around the house, writing names etc. This is a way for your child to understand the responsibility of doing homework as they move ahead in their academic years.
Please note that every WEDNESDAY starting today, your child will have homework to complete (10 minutes) to be returned the next day. Make sure you check his/her backpack for the activity. Activities will vary in nature. It could be cutting, learning to tie shoes, counting around the house, writing names etc. This is a way for your child to understand the responsibility of doing homework as they move ahead in their academic years.
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Weekly Update
Well, this past week, we have been very busy considering we have only been in school a little over 20 days! In literacy we continue to introduce lowercase letters as well as some sight words. We have been rhyming and practicing letter/sound identification through games and various center activities. Writing our names in lowercase letters has been a focus as most children find it difficult to transition from uppercase letters.
In Math we are working on comparing and writing numbers to 5. What does equal, greater than, and less than actually mean. And can you explain what they mean when solving a problem? Speaking in math terms is very difficult for young children to do. Although they can solve a problem, they can not explain how they arrived at the answer. We work on this daily so they have an understanding of what they are doing.
We are also writers!! We have started to put together simple stores through pictures, labeling and adding detail to the page. Our work lately has been focusing on writing words by stretching and slowly saying each word carefully listening to the sounds we hear. This has enabled us to try and put these words on lines to tell a story. Not easy!! But boy are we doing a great job! And more importantly, we are all enjoying it!
In Math we are working on comparing and writing numbers to 5. What does equal, greater than, and less than actually mean. And can you explain what they mean when solving a problem? Speaking in math terms is very difficult for young children to do. Although they can solve a problem, they can not explain how they arrived at the answer. We work on this daily so they have an understanding of what they are doing.
We are also writers!! We have started to put together simple stores through pictures, labeling and adding detail to the page. Our work lately has been focusing on writing words by stretching and slowly saying each word carefully listening to the sounds we hear. This has enabled us to try and put these words on lines to tell a story. Not easy!! But boy are we doing a great job! And more importantly, we are all enjoying it!
Friday, October 2, 2015
Conferences
Yes, conference time is coming! Please make sure you open the google document that I forwarded to you and sign up for a date and time to meet with me regarding your child. Conferences are on Tuesday November 10 and Thursday November 19th. Please let me know if you did not receive my email with this information and I will forward it again. It is important that you mark your calendar with the date. Timely appearances are greatly appreciated! I will try my best to be on time as well.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
This week in Room 6
In your child's backpack you should have received a packet of information regarding the first five letters introduced in our Fundations program. As the weeks progress you will receive an updated home connection letter explaining what letters we are working on. Please note that the letter sheets coming home are available for your child to practice making the letters and sounds. These letter sheets can be put together to create an alphabet book for practice.
This past week we have been working on the letters m and n. We practiced identifying these beginning in words, wrote words around the room beginning with the sounds, sorted pictures that had the same beginning sound and practiced writing the letters. We also began practicing our names in lowercase letters. As you can see the Fundations program focuses on the lowercase letters first. We have also talked about sentences. Some questions we pondered.....What is a sentence? How does it end? What kind of letter begins each sentence? How do we write all the other letters in the sentence?
In Math we are focusing on the numbers 0 -5. We have been writing the numbers, counting and determining the cumulative amount, matching numbers to the objects we count, discovering and discussing that a whole number can be divided into 2 parts.
This past week we have been working on the letters m and n. We practiced identifying these beginning in words, wrote words around the room beginning with the sounds, sorted pictures that had the same beginning sound and practiced writing the letters. We also began practicing our names in lowercase letters. As you can see the Fundations program focuses on the lowercase letters first. We have also talked about sentences. Some questions we pondered.....What is a sentence? How does it end? What kind of letter begins each sentence? How do we write all the other letters in the sentence?
In Math we are focusing on the numbers 0 -5. We have been writing the numbers, counting and determining the cumulative amount, matching numbers to the objects we count, discovering and discussing that a whole number can be divided into 2 parts.
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