Old McDonald Had a Cold

This week has been filled with moos, oinks, clucks, and sneezes! Even with all the colds going around, it's still been fun to learn about different farm animals this week. We talked about cows and all the dairy food that they give us. In the afternoon we had a visitor who works on a farm come in and show different parts of a cow farm. On Tuesday we felt some mud and wrote sentences about why pigs love mud! The students are enjoying sounding out and writing their own words! This week we also talked about chickens and made some cute little origami chicks.

We hit a monumental point in reading this week! We have learned about every letter and the sound they make! We will now start focusing on letter combinations and decoding even more words. It's very neat to see how all the students are growing in their reading.

Of course this week we have also started decorating for Christmas! On Monday they decorated their very own Christmas tree! These kids were beaming at their finished tree. They also made their very own Christmas star out of their hand prints.

Coming up...

Next week is going to be filled with Christmas! On Thursday we are having a Christmas party. Don't forget about the three dollar gift exchange also! It should be a very exciting week!

Hopping Into a Great Week!

Sorry for the lack of post lately! We had a great week learning about animals that live in ponds! There were lots of ribbits in the classroom! On Monday we talked about the life cycle of a frog. We made little life cycle wheels to help us remember each step.

On Tuesday we talked about animals protect themselves with either running, fighting, or camouflaging. The students all made up there own animals then with unique ways to protect themselves. A few creative animals were a giraffe with wings and a meerkat that turns into a rock! We had a special guest on Thursday, a turtle! An older student brought in their pet turtle and discussed how to take care of a pet turtle. We also played a fun hopping on the lily pads games to help learn our sight words.

In phonics we are almost through learning all our alphabet letter sounds! This week we talked about "y" and "z". We had lots of fun zipping and zapping on "z" day. The students are learning more and more words, and it's so much fun to see them read!

In math we are continuing to learn telling time by the hour, addition, money, and number recognition. This week we started to learn to count by "10's". The students have discovered that it is a speedy way to count to a hundred! 

Our art project this week was frog puppets. I sadly forgot to take pictures but if you peek into the classroom you'll see them hanging around (literally!). 

This week we have also started to learn our phone numbers. Any work at home is appreciated for this! If a student recites their number to me five times, they get a prize!

Coming up...

Farm week! Make sure to ask your child about cows on Monday, pigs on Tuesday, and chickens on Thursday. We are also finishing up our alphabet by learning the letter "q".