We have started to dive into a more structured routine this week. We are still learning names and making new friends, but we are definitely starting to become a true family!
Literacy
We learned the Jack and Jill nursery rhyme and finger play this week. We read the poem on our pocket chart and had several really great conversations about rhyming words, word endings and syllables in words. On Tuesday we had a really neat conversation about how syllables are related to words and in particular rhyming words such as Jill and Hill. We made another mini book and also added this poem into our poetry book. We learned the Old Mother Hubbard rhyme and learned about unusual vocabulary we might see in literature. We discussed the word cupboard and bare. We also compared the two poems and looked at similarites and differences in rhymes and vocabulary. Today we are molding playdough letters. This is a great activity to do at home if you have playdough. We get to feel the different curves and lines in letters and explore the different shapes in upper case letters and lower case letters.
Math
We continued playing our tower game but added an extra step this week. After each player rolls the die, they build their tower and they are to discuss who has more and who has less. This week after their tower was built, they were to make one large tower, count it and then decide who had more and who had less. We learned another new game called “roll and cover.” Students would roll the die and then cover up that number on their game board. We played with “dot cards” where we learned that 4 dots is the same thing as the number 4. We talked about all the different ways we can represent out numbers!
We started handwriting without tears. This program is fabulous for new readers and writers! We started practicing how to write a 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. We also learned a neat number poem to help us remember where to start our numbers and how to properly form them. For 15 minutes each day, we have been working out of our handwriting books.
We also started writer’s workshop this week! I was so proud! We learned that we are all authors. We also learned that books have a beginning, middle and end. On Wednesday we discussed details and why they are important in our writing. We found out that we can write a book with only pictures! That was such a special discovery. You will see several books come home in their purple folders. Have your child talk to you about what their books are about. You can also put these books in the book boxes we sent home last week.
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