In Language Arts, we will be learning to read our first "popcorn word", I. We call them popcorn words because they are words that "pop up" in our reading all the time. They are really "high-frequency" or "sight words". By the end of this week, your child should be able to point out and read the word I during your daily family reading time. We are also continuing our introduction to all of the letters of the alphabet. Please begin practicing the letters on the back of your child's Parent Pack folder on a daily basis, if you haven't already, until your child can say the name and sound of every letter without help.
In Math, we are learning about shapes, and reviewing colors. Some of our friends are still getting confused by brown, black, and gray. Please review these with your child, as well.
In Science, we are learning about plants, specifically trees this week (next week will be seeds, and the following week, flowers).
In Social Studies, our focus is on knowing our address and phone number in case of emergency (following on the heels of Careful Corners). Please make sure your child knows his/her address, and a phone number (home or cell) to reach a parent. This is extremely important!
A couple of neat things happened today, that I'd like to share with you.
Every morning, we start the day writing in our journals. At this point, most of the children are drawing (which is fine) or scribbling (uh-oh!). But this morning, Chase decided to make a diagram "like we made before with the circles and words" (a Venn Diagram) - I thought that was pretty awesome!
And Matthew drew "the beginning of Shrek" (the Dreamworks logo):
Finally, today when we were out on the playground for morning recess, the garbage truck came. Now, usually we are inside the classroom when this happens. The garbage truck is the kind that comes along and lifts the dumpster up over the top of the truck to empty it, so you can imagine the noise every couple of days - I have to stop teaching until he's gone. Well, since we were outside today, I didn't want any of the children to get near the truck as he was driving in, so I sent them all up on the ship to watch. And boy, were they fascinated (as they always are in the classroom) - one student pointed out that he dumped water all over "himself" (the truck) as he emptied the dumpster! As he left, we waved, and the driver waved back and honked his horn for us! You can imagine how we were all on cloud nine after that!
When was the last time the garbage truck gave you such joy? :-)
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