We are really challenging ourselves as readers! We have a "reading guage" in our classroom which measures how "long and strong" we can read during our workshop time. This week we discussed book handling skills and vocabulary. We use words like "title" and "cover" instead of "name" and "front". We all agree that we want to learn to read! We want to read books and recipes and the writing on our t-shirts, but MOST importantly... we want to read birthday invitations!
We officially began Writing Workshop this week. Ask your child about our "writing club". We brainstormed ideas and voted on a name: "Mrs. Henry's Writers"! We're so excited to be authors and share stories and ideas. This week we learned how writers begin a piece and "when you're done, you've just begun!".
Echo and Baby Echo taught us about a few vowels this week. We examined our name and words around the room, and found that they ALL have vowels!
We did "Wet, Dry, Try" for the first time in our handwriting lessons. We are learning about "Frog Jump Letters".
In our math lessons, we collected and organized data and classified objects by various attributes. Ask your child about the "Button Match Up" game!
We began Second Steps and learned our Skills for Learning. Check out the homework sheet sent home for more information. We also began to talk about Johnny Appleseed! His birthday is on Monday!
In Science, we made a word web about fall. We can't wait for everything that it brings!
