Week of September 21..

Monday September 21 is our first delayed start.

Remember Tuesday and Friday are our gym days, children need to have gym shoes on those days.

When sending in lunch money, it is helpful if it is in an envelope or Ziploc baggie with your child's name on the outside.

We have worked on the letters Aa-Hh.  This week we will work on the letters Ii-Rr.  Our new sight word is can.  The children are using the computer to work on www.starfall.com.  They have been introduced to Write my name and Letter School on the Ipads.

We introduced our first beannie baby--Eagle eye.  The Eagle is to remind the children to look at the pictures to figure out the words when they are reading.

We have been writing in journals every day.  Some days there is a topic to draw/write about, other days it's their choice.  I am encouraging the children to listen to the first sound of the word they are trying to write.  For instance, if they drew a tree, I would ask them to listen to the word and see if they can say /t/ and write a t.  We sound out the word together.

Math we are learning to read and write the numbers 3-6 this week, as well as practice counting.  We will also be graphing our birthdays.  Later in the week we will taste different apples and graphing the one we like.

Science we are learning about butterflies.  They know that a Monarch caterpillar spins a chrysalis. They have been taught to identify male or female by looking at the hind wing.  The male has black spots on its hind wing.  They have also been taught to look for the 'mitten' shape on the butterfly wing.  That is where we put the migration tag.  So far we have tagged one male butterfly!

Social studies we have talked about how each one of us is special.  We have also gone through the school rules and practiced them.  Walking in the hallway, being quiet in the hallway, asking for things to be passed at our tables, group time rules, etc.
I have been eating lunch with them to help with lunch routines.  They have done a great job telling Mrs. Kroes their name as they go through the line!
We have had a great start to our year!