Pumpkin Carving

The children could draw a pumpkin face and we voted as a class.  The face with the greatest number of votes was the face on the pumpkin.  The children could help me clean the pumpkin if they wanted too.  I am still working on the carving part.

Happy Hirthday, Hannah!

We have another 6 year old in room 18!  Thank you for the Play-Doh, Hannah!

One More

We used the abacuses to practice the concept of "one more" in math today.

Unity Day

We learned what it looks like to be a bully and what it looks like to be a good friend.  We decided it was much more fun to be a good friend.  We made leaves that will go on a paper kindness tree outside the gym.  Check out these leaves.

Which Group Is Greater

We practiced the word greater in math today.  Check out these smarties!

Mystery Reader

Lucas's mom read Pout Pout Fish and Skeleton Meets the Mummy.  We enjoyed both stories :)

Arappy Arithday, Artan!

It was a challenge to put the "ar" sound on the silly birthday song, but we did it!

Stuckmeyer's Video

Check out the video of our field trip!

Stuckmeyer's Pumpkin Patch Video

Snap Word Hangman

Week 5 snap words are in your child's folder.  Here is a fun game to practice snap words.

Flashlight Reading

Check out flashlight reading of our poem this week.

Mystery Reader

Hannah's dad came and read the book The Wonky Donkey.  It was a funny story!

5 Little Pumpkins

Check out the finger-play we learned today.  We also made the 5 Little Pumpkins and they are hanging in the hallway.

Concept Words

We reviewed our concepts words today.

Numbers

We are starting numbers in math.  We will work on recognition, formation and what each number means (number sense).  We worked in partners today practicing number writing and representing the number.

Journal Writing

Today we read books and learned about Christopher Columbus.  We wrote a sentence together in our journals.  Then the children sound spelled pictures they drew in the journal.

Alphabet Day

We read the books Alphabet Adventure and Alphabet Rescue.  We put the letters in order on the cover of our alphabet books.  We read our alphabet snack sentence to the class.  We enjoyed watching the Letter Factory movie.

Mystery Reader

Major's mom came and read Dinosaur Disaster and Monster Trucks.  They were great books and we enjoyed hearing them.

Alphabet Celebration

In your child's folder, you will find a strip of paper.  Please have your child write the letter his/her's  snack begins with and then have your child sound spell the snack.  We will read our paper to the class as part of our alphabet celebration.  Then we will watch the movie the Letter Factory and eat our snack.  Thank you for helping your child with the homework.

Patterns

We have been working on AB, ABB, AAB and AABB patterns during math.  Here are two examples of patterns,

Happy Birthday, Johnny Appleseed!

We read a book about Johnny Appleseed.  We learned Johnny gave apple seeds and trees to people to plant around the U.S.  We also learned he wore a pot for his hat.  His birthday was September 26th.  He would be 244 years old if he was alive today!