Happy Friday!
This week has been jam packed with
skills! I have introduced most our
routines and everyone has been doing a fantastic job learning the new
skills. We have been working hard during
our OG time. I have introduced the
letters a, t, b, l, f, h, p, and s. I
have introduced them in that order.
During this time, we work on proper formation of each letter, learning
the sound and how to correctly say it, and the keyword to go along with each
word. We have also been using a strategy
called skywriting to help up learn this.
This is where we pretend our fingers are a pencil and we write in the
air. Next week we will continue to work
on more letters and add in a response sheet during this time block. If you would like to help practice this at
home, you can ask your child what sounds does ___(a letter)___ make or what is
the keyword for __(a letter)__.
Our centers this week have been focused on basic letters and numbers.
We have eight centers each week.
Our red center is where we practice math skills. This week, the children worked on number
recognition skills. Orange and Green centers
are computer centers. This week, we
worked with the website abcmouse.com. We
will do various programs throughout the school year. Yellow center is our writing practice
center. This week the children practiced
writing the letters of the alphabet. Pink
center is where we practice fine motor skills.
The kids had dry erase markers and boards to practice writing skills at
this table. The next center is purple
center. This is our word work
center. This week, the children
practiced recognizing upper and lower case letters. The final two centers are blue and
white. These centers are used for the
children to work on skills with my assistant, Mrs. Rohan. This week the children learned how to make a graph and analyze it.
We have started our first Social
Studies Unit in class. We are
learning about what it means to get along with others. During this chapter, we have been talking
about how it is important to be a good listener by taking turns when talking and why
it is important to look someone in the eyes when you are talking. We will continue to work on this chapter next
week as well.
We have officially started our
NWEA testing. On Wednesday and Friday we
took the math portion of the test.
Everyone has been doing a great job!
Next week, we will work on the language arts section of the test.
Finally, we met with our fifth
grade buddies on Friday. Our buddy classroom
is Mrs. Thiel’s room. The children spent
some time getting to know their buddy and we worked on making a paper person to
help describe each partner.
I hope everyone has a great
weekend!