January 12, 2018

This week in literacy we began learning uppercase letters (for some...relearning them).   We learned how to write uppercase letters A, B, C and D.   We also began "tapping" out the sounds in words to read CVC words.   Some students are already reading CVC words proficiently.   The next step for these students is to use these same strategies when spelling CVC words when writing.  I've assessed all students on letters and sounds and sight words.   I am very happy to report that as a class we are in very good shape in these early literacy skills. 
Read aloud's this week included The Hat by Jan Brett, and The little Red Hen by Paul Galdon.  We are using these books to work on comprehension skills.   Students are learning about who the character's are, character development, story settings, and main events.   We also read The Mitten  again and had fun acting out the story using props.   On Friday,  made their own mitten and colored animals to retell the story.

Students have fun acting out the folktale The Mitten by Jan Brett

The Bear sneezed...

...and all of the animals flew out of the mitten.

In math we worked on concepts of equal, more than and less than, by creating equal sets and sets that were 1 more than, or 1 less than.   I assessed all students on counting and writing numbers.  To be considered on target for the end of the trimester (March 9th), students need to be able to count to 100 and write numbers to 20.   

Our theme is Animals in the Winter.   Students are learning how Vermont animals survive winters.

Reminders:   There is no school on Monday, January 15th.

                      ECO is scheduled for Friday, January 19th.   I am all set on volunteers and firewood.                            Thank you to all who volunteered to help!

                      Please remember to notify the school if after school plans change for any reason.