Week of Mar. 14-18

This week in the classroom, kids worked on Bean Math. In this activity, kids shook little plastic objects we called "beans" in a cup then poured out onto their papers. They recorded the results by drawing and writing a number story to match. This helps kids work on addition skills as well as number sense. Many of these papers are coming back unfinished as I have the kids turn the cup over until they get different results. Have them show you with cereal or other objects how they do this at home to finish!

In Fundations, we continued to work on spelling by tapping out CVC words. We also played Guess My Word. In this game, I would say all the sounds in a word and kids would tell me the word. This helps kids work on blending. It's an easy game to play in the car or anywhere you and your child need a little literacy game.

In writing, kids continue to work on the How To writing genre. They wrote how to eat a cupcake and how to make cookies. Yum! I know their tasty stories made me and the kids hungry! They have also been writing books based on their How To stories then presenting to the class. These books are coming out so nicely! I will send them home soon as all the kids who want to present have done so.

In reading, we are working on comprehension skills like the author's message as well as retelling the story. Have them practice at home when they read so that this gets easier! We have also started to look closely at digraphs th, ch, wh, sh, and ck so that they will be ready for first grade when they work on these sounds more in depth.