Our Classroom Book Fair Time is 

Wednesday, November 6th 9:00-9:20 am.

October 21st - 25th, 2024

Read Aloud

A book that reminds us to unconditionally accept another person regardless of their appearance. 

This book has: drama, conflict, and resolution bundled in appealing illustrations. 

             

       Vocabulary

Canned fruit came into school all week, thank you for your generosity!

Phonics Focus: The letter Cc and its sound /k/.

Identification, sound in isolation, and formation.

Recess

Ring Around The Rosey

Recess

Drawing with sidewalk chalk. 

Monday we went on a walking field trip to The Cape Elizabeth Fire Station.

We watched a fire safety video with firefighter Jake.

Firefighter Sam Berman explains the gear they wear.  

Thank you Bri Fisher (Dylan's mom) for volunteering for this walking field trip.

Volunteer Cape Elizabeth High School firefighter Tyler puts on the gear 

for the children as firefighter Sam Berman explains each piece.

Both are former Pond Cove students.

A reminder that it is firefighter Tyler under the gear and to never hide.  

He would be coming to help.

Firefighter Marissa teaches Stop, Drop, And Roll and each child practiced with her.

Firefighter Sam Berman joins the children to take a picture in front of the station's fire engine.

The firefighters gave each of the children a sticker.

The firefighters also gave the children a homework task.

Talk with their families regarding the exits in their house.

Learn their families meeting spot outside.

Draw a map.

If the children return the homework it will be put in a drawing.

One child will win a ride to school on the fire truck!

Keep sending them in!

Quiet Time Choice: Color By Number Bats.

The children are working on securing color words.

Library & Listening

Scholastic News

Looking closely at print and searching for the phrase big red truck.

Making leaf bouquets.

Bus Safety with Mr. Kennedy.

Learning about exits on the bus.

Officer Galvan helps with evacuation practice.

 Gathering together in a safe spot.

Math/Handwriting

Practicing proper number formation in her handwriting book.

Completing pages 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Story Acting

Big Al and Shrimpy

Former students of mine who are learning about mindfulness in the middle school 

came to teach a mindfulness lesson to our class.

Dem Bones movement break.

Red Words this week: I and see.

Practicing pointing under the words and reading the sentence with our new red words (I and see).

Phonics Focus: The letter Pp and its sound /p/.

Identification, sound in isolation, and formation.

Read Aloud before pictures.

Pictures went well Thursday!

Big Book Read Aloud.

Practicing pointing under the words of the story See The Pumpkin and keeping match.

Stations

Working independently in his book.

Quiet Time Choice

Cosmic Yoga

Popcorn and the Pirates

Writing

Share

Reading the labels he added to his story.

Writing

Share

Sharing verbally the middle of his story.

The children are working harshly to complete a story with a beginning, middle, and end.

Centers

Art Table

Crayon Resist

Centers

Blocks

Community Places

Morning Meeting

Morning Message

During the morning message we practice many skills and share the marker.

One child takes home the message.

See what parts your child will read to you on the day they bring it home.

Friday Phonics: Review of Cc, Pp, and Dd.

Sounds /k/, /p/, and /d/.

Math/Handwriting

Practicing the correct formation of five.

Practicing six

Practicing seven

Practicing eight

Working in his handwriting book (number five).

six

seven

Eight is the trickiest number to form correctly.

Stations

Reading her See The Pumpkin book.

These are being kept in their individual book bin in the classroom.

We are just beginning to build that bin up.

Stations

Ii and not Ii Letter Sort

Labeling a fire truck.

Looking at the first letter, making that sound to determine what label to place where.

With a series of slides we wrapped up our unit called Our Community.

We looked closely at our unit question and guiding questions.

What does it mean to be a member of a community?

Why is collaboration and working together important?

When is it important to work in a group or independently?

The children know we will be starting a new unit next week, but were asked to think about 

what they can do to continue being a caring member go our classroom community. 

Centers

Blocks

Community Places

Centers

Science and Engineering

Bee Bots

Mrs. Joiner works with small groups to introduce Bee Bots.

A school map was used (school community).

Mrs. Joiner will be back in the middle of next week to give more children a turn at this center.

Centers

Puzzles

He wanted to complete the puzzle in alphabetical order.

Library and Listening

Dog Days of School.

Library and Listening

Apples

Centers

Art Table 

Crayon Resist

Next week:

Tuesday: Visiting Author Jerry Pollata

Wednesday: Library Book return

*Please send back your child's library book in its colorful bag 

if your child is ready to exchange.

SEL with Mrs. McDermott