Week of October 7-11

Pajamas, popcorn and pancakes oh my! Make sure to check out the video I made for this week!

http://animoto.com/play/aPzAMWUverZsTD28Ih4eew

We had such a fun day on Friday! To celebrate filling our marble jar we wore our pajamas to school, ate chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast and had popcorn in the afternoon. What a day!

Getting ready to make our pancake breakfast!

In the past two weeks we have learned about two of the Seven Habits: be proactive and begin with the end in mind. 
We first read about Sammie Squirrel who could not find anything fun to do. He was asking all of his friends what to do and still could not find anything to do. We talked about being the leader of ourselves and doing things for ourselves rather than relying on others.
This week we read about Goob the bear and Jumper rabbit. The two characters ran a lemonade stand and earned some money. Goob began with the end in mind by making a list of all the things he wanted to buy with the money he saved. Jumper did not begin with the end in mind and he spent his money carelessly. We talked about making a plan before we do things without thinking.

In Reading this week we read the book If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff. We also learned the sight words me and I this week! 

In Writing this week we practiced turning our writing into books and scrolls. We talked about how we are real authors and sometimes when authors run out of room on their paper they have to add more pages. We had so many writers stapling pages and turning their writing into real books! It is so exciting watching these writers improve and get excited about writing.

Working hard during writing time!

In Math this week we practiced counting, making our own dot to dots and math stories with addition and subtraction. On Friday we did math centers for the first time! Ms. Brook set up a shape station, a cheerio counting station with pipe cleaners and math game stations. It was so much fun!

Cheerio math!

Math on the iPads

Shape sorting center

In Social Studies this week we talked about the seasons of the year and the differences between them. Ask your child to sing you our seasons poem. We did some fun lessons on the SMARTboard that helped us separate the differences between spring, summer winter and fall.

Seasons on the SMARTboard!

In Spanish this week we continued to learn about Los Animales. Ask your child to tell you how to say elephant, giraffe, bear, lion and tiger in Spanish! You can also practice counting and singing the says of the week or months of the year song. Just ask your child to sing them to you!

We began Handwriting this week! Ms. Brenda came in to help and gave us some handwriting bracelets to help. We learned the correct way to hold a pencil and practiced  using our new bracelets!

Ms. Brenda shows us how our new bracelets can help us.

Notes/Reminders:

-we are in need of a math center volunteer from 1:05-1:45 on Fridays
-we are in need of an ELA center volunteer on Thursdays from 11:30-11:55


Thanks and have a great week!

Ms. Monica