We were rocking in our school shoes this week! Our literacy centers have been exciting, as we have been learning with Pete the Cat! Pete has helped us discuss the importance of being flexible, that we all have different strengths, and that it’s okay to be ourselves.
We enjoyed visiting various centers this week! At writing center this week, we wrote our own page for a class book that reminds us of Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes. In doing so, your child worked on his or her creative writing skills. We also talked about cause and effect and answered the question "What happened next?" while reading some of Pete's stories. We played beginning sound games at ABC center.
Our Phonics lessons this week continued to learn each other's names. We now know the following lowercase letters: a, b, m, t, s, f, and b. We have practiced their sounds and how to write them. We practiced blending sounds together and rhyming! More to come in the coming weeks!
During Interactive Writing, we learned the power word “can" and were excited to add it to our word wall! We had our first Shared Reading lesson and read a book with the words "I Can". Shared Reading is an interactive reading experience that occurs when children join in or share the reading of a book or other text while guided and supported me. We worked on beginning sounds to help us decode and using our reading pointer finger to read.
In Writing, we continue to work on stretching words and writing beginning sounds as we hear them. We have learned that we are ALL problem solvers and have worked hard to solve things that seem really hard. This is something we will focus on all year in many different contexts. Many children will come to me over the following weeks and want me to solve their “problem” of spelling different words. To practice this skill at home, give your child vowel consonant vowel words (CVC words) to write. Words like, dog, cat, rad, etc. work well. We are also focusing on spelling words phonetically (as they sound ) which doesn’t always include the “correct” spelling. This practice gets the children on the correct path. The more they practice breaking the words apart and listening for the sounds, the more comfortable they will become in their writing. We start with beginning sounds!
During Reading, we continued to explore non-fiction and fiction books and share what we learned. Reading time includes time for me to demonstrate a reading skill and time for the children to practice the skill(s) with me, with a partner and independently. We also explored some new word work activities.
In this week’s Second Steps lesson, we learned two important reasons for paying attention: to learn and to stay safe. Ask your child why they think it’s important to pay attention during different activities, for example, when listening to information or instructions, when helping out with a task, or when crossing the street with you.
We worked on numbers 5 and 0 and practiced writing and ordering numbers to 5.
Looking ahead...
-Each week our Library day is Thursday.
-Curriculum Night 9/12 (look for more info coming from Dr. Schreiner)
-Picture Day 9/14
-Field Trip to Eckert's 10/27...more info to come! (DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR VOLUNTEER INFORMATION COMPLETE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND)
Have a great weekend!
Practicing working quietly... one of our learning behaviors for reading.
Writing
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