Pumpkins and Spiders

Here is a week in review.

Phonics

Our sounds of the week: /l/ and /f/

Sounds we know: /s/, /a/, /t/,  /i/ /p/, /n/, /c/ , /k/, /e/, /h/, /r/, /d/, /o/, and /u/

Popcorn Words

This week we learned: me and am
Words we know: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on and we

Handwriting

In handwriting this week we practiced the capital and lowercase letter Dd.

Reading

During our reading time we read the book Pumpkin, Pumpkin. This story introduced us to the life cycle of a pumpkin. The boy in the story Jamie watches a pumpkin seed turn into a giant pumpkin. We learned the vocabulary words observe, patient, scoop and enormous.

Our poem this week was called The Itsy Bitsy Spider.

The itsy bitsy spidercrept up on ____'s headHe wiggled all aroundthen used it for a bed.He scampered down (his/her) backand hopped down to the floor.Then that itsy bitsy spidersqueezed underneath the door.

Our Weekly Reader was all about Pumpkins.

Math

This week our focus in math was comparing numbers 0-10. We are using words like greater than or less than. This will help us order numbers as well as quantity discrimination (deciding which number is worth more or less). We did story problems such as Mom gave us a choice of two cookies or four cookies. Which group of cookies is more or greater? In math we also made spiders. We had to count 8 legs and write numbers 1-8 on them.

Important Reminders
Family Halloween Party tonight October 24th 6:30-8:00
Parent Teacher Conferences October 27th and 29th
Halloween party during school October 31st
No School November 3rd & 4th

Scholastic book orders are due November 14th

Email me with any questions!

Apples Galore

Here is a week in review.

Phonics

 Our sounds of the week: /o/ and /u/

Sounds we know: /s/, /a/, /t/,  /i/ /p/, /n/, /c/ , /k/, /e/, /h/, /r/, /d/, /g/, /o/, and /u/

 Popcorn Words

 This week we learned: on and we

Words we know: a, I, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, 

This week during daily 5 we had a chance everyday to work on our popcorn words. These words were practiced using play dough, wikki sticks, snap cubes, and stamps!

Handwriting

In handwriting this week we practiced the capital and lowercase letter Oo.

Reading

During our reading time we read the book Apples, Apples, Apples. This is a fiction story about a rabbit family that takes a trip to an apple orchard.cat the orchard the family learns about different types of apples and their uses. Then each family brings home their apples for a different reason. The main character minna brings the apples home to make a special recipe. We learned several vocabulary words from their story including orchard, limb, and chart. We also talked about the parts of an apple. We made apple crafts to label the parts of the apple that we learned.

Math

This week our focus in math was reading and writing numbers 8, 9, and 10. This week practiced these math skills in our weekly centers. We focused on these numbers using stamps at our stamping station. Playing math games on our computers and iPad. We also matched numbers, tally marks, and chips in our puzzle center. .as a reminder If you notice any worksheets coming home unfinished this is because the students are not expected to finish a recording sheet as long as they were working at the center the whole time. To go along with our reading story we talked about our favorite apple recipe. We then made a class chart to show what we liked best such as apple sauce, apple pie, a regular apple, apple juice, or caramel apple. Then we compared the numbers from our data to find what had the most, least, or the same.

Important Reminders

Scholastic book orders are due tonight October 17th

Halloween party during school October 31st

Email me with any questions!

Weekly Review October 3rd

Here is a week in review.

Phonics
 Our sounds of the week: /r/ and /m/
Sounds we know: /s/, /a/, /t/,  /i/ /p/, /n/, /c/ , /k/, /e/, and /h/

 Popcorn Words
 This week we learned: like and up
Words we know: a, I, it, in, see, big, my

This week during daily 5 we had a chance everyday to work on our popcorn words. These words were practiced using play dough, wikki sticks, snap cubes, stamps, and magna doodle boards!

Handwriting

In handwriting this week we practiced the capital and lowercase letter Tt.

Reading

During our reading time we read the book Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with Kindergarten. This story was about a kindergarten class that went on a field trip around the community. They got to see the post office, a bakery, fire station, and a park. The students talked about the places they would like to visit in their community and we started our own book called Me on the Map (connecting back to our book from week 1). 

Math

This week we practiced math problems while comparing and ordering numbers 0-5. This week practiced these math skills in our weekly centers. We focused on these numbers using stamps at our stamping station. We also had to count on to the next number, for example if the first number was 1 we had to find the card with the 2. This was our trickiest center this week. We also practiced counting the amount of "bubbles" on a card around the room. In our math book station we made a book called "My Number Book" Inside of our books we practiced writing the numbers and counting the same amount. If you notice any worksheets coming home unfinished this is because the students are not expected to finish a recording sheet as long as they were working at the center the whole time.

Important Reminders
Literacy Night October 7th (We had a large number of students from our class sign up- over half!)

Half Day October 10th 
Scholastic book orders are due October 17th

Email me with any questions!