Mrs. Hetherton, the ELP teacher in our school, came to our class to work with the kids on a dots lesson. It was a fun lesson, which caused them to think and create.
Today, we discussed if it is a good idea to take an animal home to play with. We also continued talking about habitats, focusing on hidden habits (specifically the ones underground). Mrs. Abbey read Hidden Homes, a non-fiction story about 4 different types of animals that live underground.
We are working hard on segmenting phonemes (saying the sounds we hear in words). Practice this activity at home with your child when you have a few extra minutes.
Tell your child a simple CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) word like "cat" or "man". Your child should repeat the word, thinking about the sounds they hear. Next, they should isolate each sound individually. ex. "c", "a", "t". Remind your child to say the letter sounds they hear, and not the names of the letters.The students continued working with the program Sammy's Science House in computer lab.
During computer time, Mrs. Abbey pulled students for individual skill assessments.
Mrs. Canada talked with the students about one of I-Care Cat's Rules: "Hands are for helping, not hurting." They discussed ways that their hands can be helping hands, and also learned a song.
In guided reading, the students practiced reading the book, Animals and Their Babies. A copy of this book went home with your child today for them to practice at home. There were some challenging words in the book: foals and fawns, but it gave us the opportunity to talk about how animal baby names are different from the adult animals.
We have not had time to run to the library to exchange books during the past 2 days, so there is a small stack of library books in our classroom. I will try to create some time tomorrow for students to exchange their books.
Book orders are due today. I will submit the order this evening.
If your child forgot to return their reading bag today, please send it tomorrow for new books.
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