Daily Question: Which cookie do you like best--Oatmeal or Chocolate chip? Our class was half/half.
We had a lot of fun playing castles this morning with almost all of the children getting in on the dragon and castle marauding adventures.
Snack Time: Carrots, crackers, and Cookie Crisp. (Also, shelled peanuts)
Math/Language Arts Time:
*I used my big red hand pointer to identify the letter C and also talk about how C is the copycat letter. (It sounds like K or S in words). Examples include C as in celery (s) or circus (s); or c as in cake (k), caterpillar (k), car (k), cat (k), class (k), carrot (k), etc.
We used our mini cookie manipulatives (Cookie Crisp) to count and talk about arrays (Multiplication) and Division. It was fun to hear Savannah say, "I have 16 cookies!" Other students counted their cookies also. We read The Doorbell Rang and divided our cookies each time the doorbell rings in the story and we share our cookies once again with more friends. We were glad that in the end Grandma shows up with a large tray of cookies!
We enjoyed listening to If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and talking about story predictions. (Parents, this is a fun way of helping children understand by asking "What do you think happens now?"). This is a "pattern" book--meaning that it is all about actions and consequences.
We also read Cookie's Week about an indoor cat (who looks like our outdoor cat and unofficial class mascot, Boo) who has a week full of misadventures. It is fun to laugh at a cat who spills dirt and falls in the toilet and has "bad days" too. (Days of the week recognition).
Finally, we read One for Me, One for You which talks about two friends who share cookies and toys and learn simple Math and friendship skills.
Books Read:
Cookie's Week bvy Cindy Ward and Tomie dePaola
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins and Suzanne Toren
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff and Ill. by Felecia Bond
One for Me, One for You by C.C. Cameron and Ill. by Grace Lin
Mouse Cookies & More: A Treasury by Laura Joffe Numeroff and Ill. by Felecia Bond
Music:
Mouse Cookie Song/CDRecess:
October 19, 2012 at 8:16 AM
Julie, I just want you to know how much we love the blog. It gives us a record of what they are learning and enjoying and having so many pictures is such a treat. When I show Hugh the blog afterwards it is a great way to have good conversation about what is interesting to him. I know it's a lot of work to keep up a blog and I just wanted you to know it's very appreciated!