October 12th-16th

A few pictures from the previous two weeks. 

Hello! What a great week it has been! This is a big week for us as we have our play tomorrow! Wish us luck. :)

Dates to remember:

1. Play: TOMORROW
2. Dad Pumpkin Carving October 22nd at 1:00 in our classroom (Please bring a pumpkin and any carving supplies you need.)
3. Parade of Fiction October 28th
4. No school/optional conferences October 29th and 30th

Thematic Centers:

We are busy preparing bats, snakes and spiders for our creepy crawlies unit starting next week. We are so happy to be finishing up play practice!

Math Workshop:

This week we learned two new math games. The first game we played is called "Build It." Students draw a card and it has a number on it. Students then have to build that number with unifix cubes. It then says "add____more." Each card has a different number to add on. Students then have to answer "Now how many?" The other new tub we learned is building unifix cube puzzles. Each bag has several puzzle pieces that fit a certain amount of unifix cubes. Students have to build the puzzles and then count how many cubes it takes to complete the puzzle.

The estimation jar is still going well! Thank you for filling it each night when it is your turn.

Reader's Workshop:

This week students worked on something new! We are making our first class big book to read. Big books are great for learning how to track words, how to read, how to hold a book, reading left to right and practicing "return sweep" when reading. When we are all finished we will send the big book home each night with someone to read. We also working on handwriting, SWAT, Roll Say, Keep and Write it Quick. This week we started playing Write It Quick with basic site words as well! We are also working on getting through Marvelous Me.

Writer's Workshop:

This week we worked on adding letter sounds and words to our pictures! It is often intimidating to students to think about writing whole words right now. When we explain they can just write down the sounds they hear it makes it much more manageable.

Science:

Last week Ms. Mary Lee brought milk, food coloring and q-tips covered in dish soap. We dipped the q-tip covered in dish soap into the milk with food coloring and it made the most beautiful display of colors! This is an experiment you should definitely try at home.

Hugs,
Mrs. Schultz