This week we continued our study of weather conditions. We played Weather Bingo, watched a couple of videos about observing the weather and decided which type of activity would be appropriate depending on the weather. When Mrs. Benoit visited us she taught us about the difference between thoughts and feelings. She taught us that we think thoughts in our brain and we feel feelings in our hearts. Mrs. Benoit read us a story called Thinking Thoughts and Feeling Feelings. During Reader’s workshop we learned about a very special place in our classroom: our classroom library. We learned that the library is a place to read books and to talk about the books we read. We learned how to choose books and how to return them to their proper places. We’ll practice reading in our library almost every day as we grow as readers. We also learned about a new routine called “centers”. We learned that during centers we’ll be working on different skills sometimes with an adult helper and sometimes independently. This week we worked at centers to help us practice reading in the library, writing our names with play dough and sorting letters. For stories we read Pig the Pug; Rhyming Dust Bunnies (several times!); Orange Pear Apple Bear; Sheep in a Jeep. We also read several poems such as Little Miss Muffett; Old King Cole; and This Little Piggy. During our Math Block we learned how to play a fun game called Count and Sit and about a math tool called a five frame. We studied different shapes looking for similarities and differences and we looked closely at the numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. During our Writer’s workshop we complete our Special Student routine, started keeping our pieces of writing in our writing folders and wrote some stories to teach others about ourselves. We also practiced two fire drills this week. It was a fun, busy week!!
Just a reminder that Monday we’ll start our monthly share routine. October’s share theme is a Family Share. Please check out our Share Dates page for more information.
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