Busy week!

This week we had so many things that were out of our normal routine.  There was something daily!  Monday we had a sub.  I heard they were fabulous.  Tuesday we had a hand washing lesson with our nurse.  Wednesday we had counselor.  This happens every other week.  Thursday was a fun non-schedule day due to missing our field trip.  And Friday we had a visit from a fire truck and decorated pumpkins with a first grade class!  Even with all that we managed to do some great core learning too. 

This week's objectives:

Reading: One to One matching.  Finding the in our "Five Little Pumpkins" book.  Rhyming, Letter name fluency

Writing:  Beginning and ending sounds

Math:  Counting with one to one matching, describing rectangles

Fundations:  Letter ID and Sound e,r

Science:  Living and Non-living, what plants and animals need to survive

Here's our week in pictures:

Playing a letter ID fluency game.

Hand washing lesson

We used a black light to see how well we did!

Looking for the in our book of the week

Sorting Rhyming words.  This thumb is how we raise our hand during small group.

Counselor lesson with Mrs. Davison about bullying.

Thank you Mrs. Croom for sharing your bearded Dragon!  His name is Smog.

We had some free choice time on Thursday instead of the field trip.  The kids got to choose anything in the classroom that they'd like to do.  It was super fun.  

These friends are sorting what plants, dogs and humans need.  This was just a practice activity.  So if you see things in the wrong place know that we have lots of learning left to do!  :)

We had special treats on our fun filled non-field trip day too!  Thank you to our wonderful parent who donated them!  

This week is also fire safety week.  We had a visit from fire fighters to learn a little more.  

We had another fabulous donation!  We had planned to decorate pumpkins with first grade on Friday.  Without our field trip on Thursday we didn't think we would be able to keep this commitment.  We were very appreciative of the family that donated so we could still join in on the fun!   

These two little cuties were proud of their creations.  

Things to remember:

• October 14 - Pumpkin Patch Field Trip. Please remember to send a lunch in a Ziploc bag.  :)
• October 21 - Dental Clinic
• October 30 - Class Parties 2:30
• October 31 - No School Teacher Work Day
• November 1 - No School Teacher Work Day

Small groups this week!

This week we began our small group instruction in reading and math.  Our class has been doing so well staying focused during Daily 5 time that they were ready to be independent while I worked with small groups of students.  This is my favorite part of the day.  This is when we really get to focus in on skills that are just right for your child.  Groups are flexible and can change depending on what skills each student needs.  This week the different literacy groups focused on letter ID, letter sounds, reading 3 letter words and rhyming.  

Next week we will be going on our field trip to Peach Tree Farm on Thursday.  Most of our students are bringing their lunch.  When you pack your child's lunch please put it in a large Ziploc bag with their name on the outside.  Please make sure that all the things in the bag can be thrown away.  This makes it very easy for us to tackle lunch away from school.  Thank you to all that have volunteered to help!  Volunteers please check your emails for more information about our trip.  

Thank you everyone that helped supply our classroom with magazines, snacks and play dough!  The kids were so excited about the addition of the play dough.  Lots of great things were made this week.  :)

Weekly Objectives:

Reading:  sight words I, a, the, finding words in text, rhyming

Writing:  How to use our new writing folders, writing process, writing words with beginning and ending sounds, using a resource to help identify sounds needed to write words

Math:   Sorting into categories, identifying circles.

Our week in pictures:

Picture day!

We learned about sorting.

 Ms. Sutton read us a book this week.  She read Olivia.

Fundations leader

We are working on a puzzle to match letters with keyword pictures.

Sister came to say hello!

Our poem this week was blue.  We highlighted the word the and colored the word blue.

Learning about Rhyming in small group.

Drawing a story and labeling with beginning and ending sounds.  

Looking for circles in magazines.

Happy birthday friend!  Thanks for sharing treats!

Happy Sunday!  See everyone tomorrow.  

Things to remember:

• October 10 - Pumpkin Patch Field Trip. Please remember to send a lunch in a Ziploc bag.  :)
• October 21 - Dental Clinic
• October 30 - Class Parties 2:30
• October 31 - No School Teacher Work Day
• November 1 - No School Teacher Work Day