Writer's Workshop has begun!
Ask your writer what their story is about!

Writing about fairies and flowers.

Story dictation:
I'm drawing sea creatures and land animals.

Choice Time is a favorite!

Play Doh at the art center!

Look at the cakes we made!

Math

We read: The Secret Birthday Message by Eric Carle.

Children counted, compared and represented data 

about their birthday months.

If your child does not yet know their birthday it would be a great thing to practice when time allows.  :)

Mr. D teaches listening with Mr. Potato Head.

Sorting objects by letter sounds: /t/, /f/, /b/, & /s/.

Trying out those sounds in the telephone.

Trying out those sounds in a microphone.

Listening to those sound through PVC pipe.

Hopes and Dreams

Students whispered their hope and dream to me.
I wrote it.
The children then illustrated.

We hung them in the hall for all to see!

Did your child mention to you that Officer Dave stopped into our classroom to introduce himself and explain his role at Pond Cove School and in our community? The children asked him lots of good questions. We had a great discussion about safety. Officer Dave strongly recommends that all children learn their parents names and their home address.

Wednesday we celebrated our first class birthday, what fun! 

On your child's birthday they will be the leader of the day! 

We will sing to them at our meeting. Each child will receive a few birthday surprises: a birthday crown, a pencil, a bracelet and a book that they will select. Peers will each illustrate a birthday page that will complete a book for the birthday child to bring home. 

Sharing at our meeting.

Sharing a surprise treat with peers.
There were many smiles & I heard lots of thank yous!  :)

 Math

Shapes, Colors & Patterns

AB pattern

trapezoid, hexagon, trapezoid, hexagon

AABC pattern

triangle, rhombus, triangle rhombus

The glue sticks came out!
recording the pattern on paper

Working the pattern all the way across!

ABC pattern

yellow, orange, blue, orange, yellow, orange, blue, orange

Learning names through greetings, songs & games.
Looking closely at our names printed.

Working on letter discrimination 

and formation.

Sorting objects by their first letter: Tt, Ff & Bb.

We LOVE Pete the Cat!

cause and effect

Designing our own sneakers.

 We are getting our Reading Journals ready. 

Fancying up the covers with things we enjoy!

Exploring with math manipulatives:

pattern block symmetry

colored bear sort

rainbow bears

sea animals: sorting by type

transportation vehicles: sorting by type

Meet Mat Man! 

Mat Man was introduced this week! 

Our school uses the Handwriting Without Tears Program (HWOT). Mat Man is made of big and little lines and big and little curves. We practiced drawing a person this week. We did a guided discovery of dry erase markers.