Week of September 20th-24th

This week in the classroom, kids learned more about what it means to be respectful, responsible, and to make good choices. They listened to books about the subjects and then we had a discussion. If you haven't already, please talk about what this can mean at home and how they can show how to be respectful and responsible at home. If your kid came home on Thursday with red, green, or black fingers, don't worry! Their fingers were used to make fingerprint apples on the first poem in their poetry folders. Every week kids will learn a new poem and at the end of the year, these folders go home for kids to read and enjoy.

In Fundations, the letter of the week was "n," and children used their fingers to skywrite "n" and later write on worksheets. Have them look for the letter "n" at home, and ask them if they can come up with any words that start with the letter "n."

In math, children explored sorting in many different ways! First, Mrs. Lawrence played a sorting game with the kids. She would come up with a rule on how to sort the kids, and they would have to guess the rule. They loved this game! Kids also sorted keys and zippers in class and we discussed all the ways they sorted. Some sorted by color, others by size, type, and many other ways. It was great to see kids applying those thinking skills to math!

In reading, we worked on a new Sight Word Reader book titled Ride On! We picture walked the book then used our fingers to frame the words while we read. A copy of this book will be included in their Friday Folders to be added to their home library. Every week we will add a new book. Last week, the first book (Farm Friends) was sent home in a large bag. This bag is to keep all the books that go home together to be a stay at home book bag. From now on, the books will be sent home in their folders. They will need to be cut and assembled before read, and the kids may need help on the order. There are letters in the bottom of every page to help with order. You just need scissors and a stapler to make these books and start filling those book bags!

In writing, we continue to work on the description genre and kids described a "nest," "nickel," "number 8," among other topics that started with the letter of the week, "n."


Johnny Appleseed's birthday is coming up on the 26th of September, so many activities for the rest of the month will be about the apple. Kids will create apple books, talk about the seasons, and learn about this historical figure in class.