Here is a glimpse into our week in the fish class:
Readers' Workshop: This week's reading focus has been on reading more and more of our familiar storybooks. The children are being encouraged to use the exact language of the books, especially the parts that repeat. We used many versions of Goldilocks and the Three Bears to practice this.
Writers' Workshop: This week we worked on how writers can bring their stories to life by using speech bubbles to show characters talking. We read a few of Mo Willems' pigeon books as models for this. Even small words like hi, wow, or bye will make a story more interesting.
Math Workshop: The fish mathematicians are getting really good at representing a number many different ways. They used dot patterns, ten frames showing a number, pictures of fingers, sets of objects, tallies, the number symbol, etc. Their work is on display in our classroom. This work helps the children understand conservation of number (K.CC.4b). We played a number spinning game and sequenced number cards.
Literacy Centers: We continue to plug along with our word sorts. I will be sending home a new activity we tried this week where the children drew pictures for their sorts. It was an extension of our Words Their Way work and provided the children a chance to label their pictures (connecting the word work to writing). We have learned how to correctly form all uppercase letters. We will continue practicing this learning, but we are also moving on to lowercase letters next week. Way to go fish!
Stories We Read: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late, The Leaves are Falling One by One, Something Good
Up- coming Events:
- Early Release- Wednesday, 11/18 *Parent Teacher Conferences
- Dress up as 'what you want to be when you grow up' day- Wednesday, 11/18
- Wear clothing from an institution of higher learning- Friday, 11/20
- Thanksgiving Break- 11/25-11/27
- Book Fair Shopping- Monday, 11/30 from 10:10-10:30
- Gingerbread decorating party- Tuesday, December 22nd at 2:00 *more info to follow
- Word of the Week-is
- Phonics- u
- Handwriting- c & o
Take care,
Kristen
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