Week of September 8

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Our Resources for the week are: Monday- #1-18 Art and #19-36 Music, Tuesday-#1-18 Media and #19-36 P.E., Wednesday-Art and Friday- Music. Wednesday is an Early Release Day (Lunch on Wednesday will be at 10:00) and Thursday is Open House from 6:00-8:00. Also, we'd love if everyone can show their School Spirit by wearing a Hat on Friday. (Any hat~ baseball, birthday, cowboy, princess, etc :) Send them to school in your child's backpack. They will only be worn inside of our classroom.) Jaiden will be bringing in Fun Friday Snacks for the class. (We still have lots of available dates for Fun Friday Snacks. Check the dates on the left side of the blog, then send us an email with the date you'd like to sign up for. )

**Practice having your child write their first name. We need to see the first letter as an uppercase letter and the remaining letters lowercase.
Once that is mastered, begin the same process for the last name.** 

MATH

We will continue to practice writing and recognizing numbers 0-10. Then we will be counting groups, making groups, sorting groups by attributes and comparing groups of objects up to 10.  (The class has been getting really good at counting and drawing groups. They have been taking their time and using 1-1 when counting objects, so that they don't count an object twice by mistake.)

Here is a Youtube video of the book Mouse Count. We have read this book in class, along with many other counting stories. The class loves it!!  Enjoy!

 

ELA

(English Language Arts~ Reading and Writing)

The letters we are focusing on are Ii, Ff, Bb, Hh, Kk, Oo and the sight words are- the, of, a and to. We will read the books Pigs in a Rig by Helen Lester and A Lot! A Lot! by John Manders. We will continue to review answering/ asking questions about the stories we read and practice retelling them. We will focus on identifying the characters and settings in the stories. Plus we are going to make an ABC Setting Poster so that our drawings have different settings. (Some examples may be: A- alligator farm, B- basketball court, C-cafeteria, etc.)

I wasn't able to find a Youtube video about either book. So I took pictures of the books and I put the pictures into Smilebox slideshows again. :) Enjoy!!

SCIENCE

We will continue to discuss the Five Senses and the different ways to describe the sound of things we hear- loud, quiet, soft, etc. and the things we taste- salty, sweet, sour, fruity, etc. Because of our shortened school day on Wednesday, we will not be having Science. Practice having your child describe the sounds they hear and the items they taste. Make sure to get them to use the different vocabulary. :)

Here are Mr. R's Youtube videos for Hearing and Taste. :) Enjoy!

Sports Day

Today during Recess we took pictures of the students wearing Sports Day shirts. :) (If you don't see your child, they didn't think they were wearing a Sports Shirt and didn't come when called for the pictures. )

At the end of the slideshow, you'll notice a few ice cream pictures. The students really enjoyed the ice cream cones and juice during Recess and we wanted to post a few smiling pictures. :)

Enjoy!

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Scholastic Book Clubs

A Scholastic Book Club flyer went home today in your child's folder. We know some of you are not familiar with Scholastic Books, so we wanted to give you a quick heads up about them. :)

 Here is a link to Scholastic Books and our class activation code is GLPLP.

       

Scholastic Books have some of the most competitive prices! You can find quality books that cost as low as $1.00. Plus they offer books with cd's! They are great to have on road trips or at home so your child can learn fluency. There are two ways to submit orders to Scholastic Books: by filling out the order form on the back of the flyer and sending it to school with a check or cash. Or by ordering the books online. (Every time a parent from our class orders online... we get a free book for the classroom library!! Not to mention, there are a ton more book titles online.) When ordering books, don't just think of your child in our class... but think of upcoming birthdays, think of other family members, think of holidays and stocking stuffers!!

We will try to have a few Scholastic Ordering times this year... but it really depends on the participation. The more participation we have, the more orders we will have. :)

If you have any questions please email us or leave a comment on this post.

Week of September 2

  

Our Resources for the week are on: Tuesday-Art and Thursday- Music. Also, we'd love if everyone can show their School Spirit by wearing a Sports Shirt on Friday. (Above are the shirts we will probably wear. :) Seminoles for Mrs. Pitts and Bucs for me! ) Kian will be bringing in Fun Friday Snacks for the class, so no need to send a snack in with your child. (We still have lots of available dates for Fun Friday Snacks. Check the dates on the left side of the blog, then send us an email with the date you'd like to sign up for. ) Also, if you returned a filled out Flu Mist paper, your child will be receiving the Flu Mist on Friday.

MATH

We will continue our Calendar routine and practicing writing numbers 0-10. Then we will be comparing Math Tools- discussing what attributes are the same and what attributes are different. (We are starting simple by comparing buttons and then we will compare the different Math Tools to each other.) Practice having your child compare objects at home. Ask them, "What attributes are the same about these two items?" (Responses could include they both have curved sides, flat sides, the number of sides, etc) Then we will introduce the Math Journals and the routine that we will follow when using them. :)

I tried finding a video that discusses attributes of shapes... but I didn't have any luck with Youtube. So here is a video that reviews all the different shapes. :)

ELA

(English Language Arts~ Reading and Writing)

The letters we are focusing on our Tt, Pp, Cc, Rr, Nn and the words are color words again- blue, purple, white and brown. We will read the Big Book I Am Six by Ann Morris and Mac the Cat by Nadine Bernard Westcott. We will focus on answering/ asking questions about the stories and retelling the stories. We will also focus on tracking the words in a big book while we read/listen to the story. (This is making a 1-1 connection with the words.) Then we will end by making an entry in our ELA Journals. We will focus on adding more details to our pictures (details on the faces, NO stick figures- arms, legs hands, feet) and then writing a story to match the picture. (At the current time "writing" may consist of letters, scribbles or any sight words they may know. All of this is acceptable right now.)
I wasn't able to find a Youtube video about either book. So I took pictures of the book Mac the Cat and I put the pictures into a Smilebox slideshow. :) Enjoy!!

SCIENCE

We will continue to discuss the Five Senses and the different ways to describe the texture of things we touch- rough, smooth, hard, soft, light, heavy, fuzzy, etc. We will practice closing our eyes and only allowing our fingers to describe the object we touch. Then we will introduce the Science Journals and the routine to follow when we use them. Practice having your child describe objects to you with their eyes closed. Make sure to get them to use the different vocabulary. :)

Here is the touch video again and then a sneak peak video for Friday and next week's lesson. :)

Silly Sock Day

The students were adorable walking into the classroom yesterday and explaining why their socks were silly. :) I heard all sorts of things!!  Just a few  comments that were made: "Mine have cats." "One is short and one is tall." "One is black and the other sock is red." "They have circles all over them!" :) After every statement I received the biggest smile and giggles. haha

Anyway, during Recess time the students enjoyed popsicles from Ryan N. and they were asked to show off their socks for a quick Silly Sock Picture (some had to take off their shoes and pose so we could see the socks).  Enjoy the cute pictures!! 

**ooh and I apologize if your child wore silly socks and didn't get their picture taken... I asked the students who were wearing their silly socks to follow me for pictures and these were the students that did.**

Class Birthdays!!

Here is our 1st Slideshow of the year. It was a little tricky taking the pictures, but the first time always is.... Another week or two and they will be old pro's smiling up at us!! :) Our pictures show the students posing with other classmates that have a birthday the same month as them. Most students are holding a number card telling their birth date. However a few of the students share a birthday, so you will see a few students holding the number card with a friend or their sibling. (We have a set of twins in the classroom this year!)   

Hope you enjoy watching the students sweet smiles! The pictures are adorable!!

(We apologize if your child is missing from the photos. We took pictures over the past few days and some students were absent, did not come when they were called to take their picture or we have not received a signed Media Release paper. )

This free picture slideshow was made with Smilebox. (I have the program through the Teacher Toolbox. :) If you have never used Smilebox before... try it!! I'm sure you'll fall in love with them. I sure have!)

Pages Column

We have been updating our Pages Column  (it is a side bar on the right side of the screen) with important information for all of you. :) We added links for the 2014-2015 Lunch Application, our updated Daily Schedule, our Class Book Log, plus we added all the Sight Word Money!! (This file is for the large bills we use in class. We will still send the small Sight Word Money home as we learn the words in class.)

If we think of any other important information that we need to share with you, we will put a link under the Pages Column.  :)