When Autumn Comes

Here is a week in review.
 We got a few new books for our Read to Self reading bags. In our bags we place all of the books we have read and made as a class to be read again and again. The books often contain repetitive text as well as our popcorn words. 

 Our sounds of the week: /d/ and /g/

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

We sang our Jolly songs and jingles with all the letters we have learned so far!

 Popcorn Words

 This week we learned: run, at

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

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, and stamps!

Handwriting

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

Reading
In reading we started our second unit Fall Harvest. We started the unit with the book When Autumn Comes. We made a drawing of what Autumn looks like to each of us. We also made a list of all things that are fall. This list included things such as changing leaves, football, pumpkins, apples, squirrels and acorns. Then we learned how people prepare for autumn in our story and signs of the changing seasons.

We learned our first poem this week.

It was about a fireman to go along with fire safety. Many of the students had great stories about the fire stations they visited last weekend. Here are the words to our poem. We practiced reading the poem fluently and finding popcorn words within the poem. Today (Friday) we sang our poem with the tune of I'm a Little Teapot.

I Am A Fireman 
[tune: I'm A Little Teapot] 
I am a fireman, dressed in red; 
with my fire hat on my head. 
I can drive the fire truck; fight fire too, 
And help to make things safe for you.

Math

This week we practiced our counting up to the number 9. Our math centers were fire safety themed and invloved lots of counting. One of our favorite centers is "write the room." The students search the room for labeled cards (every week they look different) and then they record the answer to the problem. This week we look at cards that had three numbers and we had to write the highest number on the card. 

Important Reminders
Progress reports went home today. Please look over them, sign and return them. Due October 13th
October 9th-11th- 5 Below Fundraiser- Look for more info in the Ide News and Community Flyers Email
October 12th- No School

October 16th- Scholastic book orders due

October 30th- Classroom Halloween Party

 Enjoy the long weekend!

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