I really enjoyed this week! We spent more time talking about Thanksgiving. On Monday, we brainstormed ideas for saving the turkeys this year. The students wrote about foods we should eat instead of turkey. They had many great ideas – everything from mashed potatoes to stuffing to corn to chicken. We also talked more about the first Thanksgiving. We talked about how the Pilgrims got to America and how different life was then from what it is now. We made our own Mayflowers and wrote about what we would take with us if we had to go on the Mayflower to a new land.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Sullivan, from the Farm Bureau office, came and read a book about pumpkins to us. She also helped us make our own individual pumpkin pies. The students really enjoyed mixing the ingredients in plastic baggies by using their hands. The pies were very tasty too!
We continued on in our Jolly Phonics program. This week, we talked about how c and k typically stick together if they follow a short vowel (like in chick or sack). We also learned the new tricky words: said, here, and there. We wrote our class story about Ian Weitzel this week.
I introduced a new station to our reading workshop: Read to Self. During this station, the students take their book boxes (which are quite full of books), find a comfy spot in the room, and read to themselves. It’s a super simple station, but the students love it! It is so much fun to watch them read through book after book on their own. Before trying this station for the first time, we talked about different ways to read a book. We decided we could read by 1) reading the words, 2) reading the pictures, or 3) retelling the story. They have been doing a great job with all three types of reading!
During math, we spent a chunk of time working with a Thanksgiving storyboard. A storyboard is a way for the children to tell math stories. Our storyboard this month was a Thanksgiving table. We invited pilgrims and Indians to the table based on different directions and then counted how many people were at the table. For example, we invited 3 pilgrims to our table and each of the pilgrims invited 3 Indians. Then we counted how many total people were at the table. We also did some estimating using jars of corn and explored a pan balance using balls of playdough.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Hansen
On Wednesday, Mrs. Sullivan, from the Farm Bureau office, came and read a book about pumpkins to us. She also helped us make our own individual pumpkin pies. The students really enjoyed mixing the ingredients in plastic baggies by using their hands. The pies were very tasty too!
We continued on in our Jolly Phonics program. This week, we talked about how c and k typically stick together if they follow a short vowel (like in chick or sack). We also learned the new tricky words: said, here, and there. We wrote our class story about Ian Weitzel this week.
I introduced a new station to our reading workshop: Read to Self. During this station, the students take their book boxes (which are quite full of books), find a comfy spot in the room, and read to themselves. It’s a super simple station, but the students love it! It is so much fun to watch them read through book after book on their own. Before trying this station for the first time, we talked about different ways to read a book. We decided we could read by 1) reading the words, 2) reading the pictures, or 3) retelling the story. They have been doing a great job with all three types of reading!
During math, we spent a chunk of time working with a Thanksgiving storyboard. A storyboard is a way for the children to tell math stories. Our storyboard this month was a Thanksgiving table. We invited pilgrims and Indians to the table based on different directions and then counted how many people were at the table. For example, we invited 3 pilgrims to our table and each of the pilgrims invited 3 Indians. Then we counted how many total people were at the table. We also did some estimating using jars of corn and explored a pan balance using balls of playdough.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Hansen