November

All kinds of weather on our playground!  

Please continue to send jackets, thanks!

Yes, that's snow on his jacket!

Election Day Book

Practicing pointing under the words and keeping match as she reads.

Handwriting: Frog Jump Capital Letters F & E

We are working on proper formation (top to Bottom).

We are also working on the 3 P's: posture, pencil & paper.

Decorating the cover to their reading journals.

Read to Self: Building reading stamina.

Working hard to stay in one place and read for the whole time.

Each child has a box of books that they can read.

We call these books "just right books."

Practicing the number 5 on her chalkboard.

Numbers are formed top to bottom.

Practicing the number 6 on his chalkboard.

Wet Try

After the wet try we trace the number with our finger.

Dry try. 

Going on top of the wet number before using chalk.

Practicing number formation in his orange handwriting book.

Handwriting: Frog Jump Letters

Capital D & P in her orange handwriting book.

Writer's Workshop: Show And Tell Writing

Just hanging in the tipi enjoying the beautiful fall weather!

Work Work: high frequency word (a).

Learning that a is a letter and a word.

Learning the process of completing this kind of work more independently 

while the teacher is reading with children.

Our high frequency words will get more difficult (we are learning routine).

Our classroom Word Wall is growing!