Daily Question: Do you like apples?
(I put the vowels in red to contrast them with black consonants for early readers).
Seth's Fall Bouquet for Teacher!
(I love how little ones see what is down under their feet! A whole new world.)
A little Skee-ball with the guys! (I loved overhearing a Eli say, "Jack, here's a ball (for you)!" At another time, Hugh said, "Guys, we are supposed to stay in the class until everyone is ready!"
Our class members are looking out for each other and becoming friends.)
Our class members are looking out for each other and becoming friends.)
Puzzlers!
Letter A Show and Tells:
Ellie's Book: A is for Ark.
Susie's Annie Character (from Disney's Little Einsteins).
Eli's Alligator.
Hugh's Amazon River in South America in his Amazing Atlas.
Jack's Allspice (smells delicious!)
Aaron who spied an Arachnid (Spider and web) at recess.
Circle Time:
We became "Aa" Detectives in class today. We spied A in apple (on the wall), an ant at recess, a student named Aaron, and various Aa in books: ape, archery, airplane, Aunt Annie,. We learned the sounds of Aa (short a and long a).
Dr. Seuss's ABCs: An Amazing Alphabet Big Book by Dr. Seuss
The Berenstain Bear's A Book by Stan and Jan Berenstain.
The Amazing I Spy ABCs: Over 250 Animals and Objects to Spy and Identify by Ken Laidlaw
Ten Apples Up On Top! by Theo LeSieg (Dr. Seuss)
Books in italics are books we read and talked about today in class.
Recess Fun:
Math Concept: Zero, My Hero!
We watched a catchy, short clip about the importance of the number "0" from Schoolhouse Rock (Multiplication Rock). Then we had a quick board discussion on counting and what zero represents and why it is important to remember zero in front of the traditional counting numbers. We counted to ten and then saw how after nine candies, one more made a group of ten with a 1 in the tens and a 0 in the ones.
We then read the AppleJacks Box* and threaded our Zero Hero necklaces and listened to the letter A song about an alligator, apple, and ants.
Our Environmental Print wall is filling up. What is Environmental Print? Environmental Print are words on packaging and advertising that often become the first words a child learns to read. He/she may see an advertisement on tv that has Bill Cosby saying "J-E-L-L-O!" And then he knows "Jell-o says 'jello'."If you have any clean package containers with simple words--please send them in for our Environmental Print Wall.
Zero, My Hero! Necklaces
