Seventeen Days In!

The weather has made it seem a lot longer than 17 days! It feels like summer and the room has been very warm! Indian summer for sure. We have begun to talk about the fall and are starting to decorate our classroom with reds, oranges, greens and yellows. We sponge painted some pumpkins for a bulletin board and will watercolor some leaves next week.

In literacy we have been working on the letters m, n, f, b and t. We need to know what sounds each make and if we can hear the sounds at the beginning of words. We have been sorting, listening and writing letters. We also met at a guided reading table and practiced pointing to words as we read a story about color words. It can be difficult to see those finger spaces between words and where sentences end. When we finish our color word books have your child read his/her story book to you making sure that he/she is pointing accurately to the words being read. This is one of the beginning strategies to reading.

In Math we are comparing groups of objects and determining if they are greater than, less than or equal in number. The hardest part is explaining our answers while using these math words. We continue to play a lot of games (team work) as well as practicing number formations to 5.

Building on Phonemic Awareness Skills

 We are working on hearing those ending sounds in words that rhyme. Takes a lot of practice! But we keep reading rhyming books and playing games to help us.

Math Work

This past week we have begun counting and working on the numbers 0 - 5. We are learning to talk math using appropriate vocabulary as we explain our work. We are also practicing writing these numbers in the right direction with our white boards.

A Great Beginning

These past six days in school we have been working on establishing routines. Not to mention trying to get to know everyone and their names! We have a great class and we are quickly becoming acclimated to our school surroundings. We have begun our Fundations literacy program and Envisions Math program. We are off to a wonderful start and have begun filling our marble jar for good behavior! We are going to reach for those stars!!