Not only did we celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday, but we also celebrated RJ's, Alana's and Tanisha’s birthday as well. Did you know that we will celebrate 5 birthdays in March?!
Also, a huge thank you to our wonderful parent volunteers for visiting us this week to teach us how to embrace our differences. We learned so much and had a great time making our class book, compliment chain and sharing what makes us unique with our friends :)
To welcome March, we talked about how March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. We discussed the kind of weather the lion represents and the kind of weather the lamb represents. I also read "In Like a Lion and Out Like a Lamb" and then we discussed the characteristics of lions and lambs. Finally, the kiddos made adorable lions and lambs that are just too cute for words!
• Jack and Martha are friends.
• The friends went to a party.
I circled either and, are, or to and asked the children if they could tell me the word I circled. I explained that the words and, are and to are called Trick Words because they can be tricky and we do not tap them out. We also reviewed our two review trick words from last week: a and the.
The kiddos also made words with our standard sound cards and practiced retelling. I performed "Baby Echo Finds Echo at Last" and then illustrated the story with four simple pictures. I then asked for student volunteers to use the illustrations to retell the story in their own words. The children LOVE sharing their versions and they did such a great job doing so!
The next day, the children learned more about each other by conducting surveys with a partner. Each partnership had a different survey question and walked around with a clipboard to record their classmates responses. The children LOVED this!
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-Word Work: Children sorted real vs. nonsense words.
-ABC Center: Children practiced writing different sight words and read simple sight word sentences.
-Math Center: Children selected a domino, recorded the dot combination, and wrote a number sentence on the mat.
-Reading Center: Children read "just right" books in the reading nook.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Mrs. Nork