Short a

These past two weeks we have been working on hearing, finding and saying the short a sound.  Last Friday we had our first "test" to see what we have learned so far.  We wrote down short a words, wrote a sentence that was dictated to us, and then wrote down the three high frequency words that we were focusing on writing that week.  To prepare us for our Friday "tests", we have been working with a lot of poems and highlighting the short a words, playing games and doing other activities on the Smartboard.  Please help your child feel confident and ready for each Friday by helping them practice throughout the week.  The first day of each week we write down all of the words that we will need to know how to spell for Friday.  This sheet gets sent home in their communication folders.  Please be on the look out for the sheet each week and just call out the words for your child to write down!   You can make this into a game if you like!

Oviparous Animals

This week we have been learning a lot about oviparous animals (or animals that lay eggs).  We had so much fun finding the eggs that were hidden in the classroom!  Once we found the eggs we opened them up and found different oviparous animals inside!!  We were shocked at some of the animals that were oviparous; such as the ladybug and the lizard.  We now have some of the eggs on our science table so that we can be scientists and learn more about the different animals.  Ask your child what animals they know that are oviparous!

Rock and Read

This week we have been celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday by reading many of his books, his biography and even by watching some short videos.  Today we continued to celebrate by participating in our school wide "rock and read" event.  During this time we got to bring a few of our favorite books to rainbow island and were able to sit in the rocking chairs to read!  We had such a great time celebrating Dr. Seuss and Read Across America!

Snow!!

We were all so excited when we came to school this morning and it started to snow!  In fact, yesterday we started a new poem called Dance Like Snowflakes in hopes of getting some snow this year.  We learned the poem and then put motions to it to help us remember the words.  I think our snowflake dance worked!  After we sang and danced our poem this morning we decided that we should go outside and observe the real snowflakes!  We watched as they danced down from the sky and landed on our playground.  Here are some pictures that we took.

Snow?

This week has been very chilly!  We have been making predictions in class about whether or not we think that it will snow this winter.  Yesterday we came very close with our ice storm.  When our "weather watcher", classroom meteorologist, checked the weather the trees even looked like they had snow on them!  Needless to say, please make sure that your child is bundled up over these next few days!!  Temperatures are going to be especially low on Thursday morning.  Here is a picture of our morning message from this morning.  Each morning the kids help me add or fix anything in the message.

 

Valentine's Day week!

This week has been filled with a lot of excitement for Valentine's Day, which is coming up this Saturday.  We have been working hard on decorating our bags, writing names on Valentine's at home and then delivering all of our cards!  Not only have we participated in Valentine's traditions but we have learned all about what Valentine's Day is.  Please remember that if you have not already sent in your Valentine's cards, they cannot be sent in with any kind of candy, food, or small treat.  This is a District policy.  I hope that you and your families enjoy this special time of year with one another!
 

Jump Rope for Heart!

We had Jump Rope for Heart today!  It was so much fun cheering on our friends and working our hearts.  We have learned so much this week about the heart and cannot wait to start exercising more to keep our hearts healthy!!