Even though we had a short week, it was jam-packed with lots of learning and fun! This week we learned all about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and spent some time sharing our dreams for the world. I was super impressed with the sweet dreams they came up with including everyone being kind, happy, playing nicely with others, having food and a home, etc. I told the children that Martin would be very happy with their dreams!
In Fundations, we are continuing to practice reading and "tapping out" our CVC words. This week, your children learned how to properly form the following uppercase letters: I, J K, L, M, and N :) We are well on our way to finishing alphabet.
In Math, we reviewed how to compare lengths of objects by lining up the ends and deciding which was longer. The previous day, I used string to measure the height of each child and labeled each child's string with their name. In this activity, I told the kiddos that they would use their string to compare their body heights with classroom objects. First, I modeled how to use the string to compare a child's height to an object by lining up the ends of the string and the object, and then stretching the string along the object's length. Then, the children got busy measuring! They had so much fun walking around the classroom finding different objects to measure! We concluded this lesson by drawing objects taller than us, objects shorter than us, and objects about the same height as us in our math notebooks.
I gave each child an index card and had them draw their own pet. Children who do not own a pet marked their paper with an X. Children with more than one pet drew each pet on a separate card. I told the children that we would arrange our graph from least to greatest so to begin, we tallied the number of each type of pet on the whiteboard and ordered our information. Next, I invited the children to attach their pictures in the appropriate column on our class graph. When the graph was finished we concluded that the most popular pet in our class was a dog. We also read this cute interactive story that I projected on the whiteboard. Feel free to read this with your child at home!
First, they thought of their story. Then they pictured that moment in their heads. Next, they drew what they pictured - beginning, middle, and end. We shared our stories with our classmates using our 3 pictures to guide us.
- ABC Center: Children practiced forming uppercase/lowercase letters on dry erase boards.
- Word Work: Children wrote the beginning sound, median sound, ending sound, and CVC word under each picture.
- Writing Center: Children wrote true stories in their writing folders.
- Math Center: Children played "Growing Train."
Take Care,
Miss Visicaro