Week 5

Hello! We sure had a warm week for October, hope everyone had a good long weekend.

Our letters this week were o, u, and l. We drew some lions to go with the letter l.

 

We used 10 frames to show what numbers 1 to 10 look like. Everyone is pretty good at showing what each number looks like using their 10 frame. We have started practicing filling the top of the 10 frame up first, to help us keep track. Eventually we played a game, where I rolled a number, and the students had to quickly show what I rolled. Some interesting strategies developed to try and show the number as quick as possible.

We made our d is for dinosaur artwork this week.

We began our science work by talking about our 5 senses. We practices using some of them, and looking at different characteristics used for classification. We started a chart, and so far have covered sight and touch.

Next week we will add taste, smell, and sound to our discussion. We spent most of our science time sorting objects based off different describing attributes. It was funny because when I mentioned science, all of the students thought there were going to be explosions, or that we were going to the lab. I had to explain that not all science is explosions, that it starts with observation, what we see and hear with our senses. After that comes explosions!

And on Friday we started our work on bats. We created our class KWL, writing what we know about bats, and what we want to learn.

Lots of discussionabout vampires. So it’ll be interesting to see what we learn about.

We also started our Curious George weekend buddy adventure, where a student was able to bring Curious George home for this weekend to have fun with, read a book, and journal about. So keep an eye out for an extra backpack.

October’s book order was sent in today. If you missed out, that is fine, your order will just be added to November’s. New order forms will be sent home on Wednesday.

We have a field trip to Galey Farms on October 25th. A permission form will be sent home Monday.

Thursday I will also be sending home a small interm report about how your child is doing, and what we are working on to improve our learning.

Have a good weekend, and see you Monday!