Where to begin....
I want to thank Ryan P.'s mom for coming in to share some really important information about food allergies for Allergy Awareness Week. The children loved the story you read and especially LOVED the teal pencils :)
Also, the book swap was a huge success! The children loved "shopping" for their books and were all so excited to show me what they selected! Thank you to Mrs. Krawski for organizing such a wonderful event.
In Fundations, we spent some time reading sentences and making changes to them. For example, I wrote: Meg had the red. Then, I asked a child to change the sentence to: Pat had the red hat. We then tapped out the word "Pat" to check the spelling. I continued this process of dictating changes until our sentence read: Jim had the red mug.
The children also learned two new Trick Words: "or" and "for."
In Math, I explained how shapes can represent things in our room (i.e. rectangles for tables). Then, I modeled how to make a classroom map on the whiteboard. Finally, the children were challenged to create their own maps of our classroom. The next day, we shared our maps. The kiddos worked so incredibly hard on these. I am so proud of them :)
We Love bugs! Well, kind of.... Our introduction to the wonderful world of insects began this week with the cutest of all insects, The Ladybug. We have learned some very interesting facts about ladybugs and learned about the lifecycle.
Ask your insect expert about some of these fun facts:
- How many legs do all insects have? 6
- How many body parts do all insects have? 3
- Where are an insect’s antennae? On their head
- Is a spider an insect? No
- Can all insects fly? No.
- What happens to an insect’s skin when it grows? Every time they start to get bigger, they have to break out of their old skin and then wait for a new skin to harden! This is called MOLTING.
I just LOVE these ladybugs the kiddos created. They spin around to show the lifecycle :)
- Writing Center: Children wrote a true story in their writing folder.
- Math Center: Children placed 10 counters in a cup. Then, they spilled the counters on the table and sorted them by color (yellow and red). Then they recorded their number pairs on a ten frame.
- ABC Center- Children completed Trick Word worksheets.
- Art Center: Children drew the other half of their picture to make it symmetrical.
Best,
Miss Visicaro