It was only a four day week but the students were very busy!
In language, the students reviewed how to print the uppercase and lowercase letters. They discussed the elements of a perfect sentence. They practiced writing perfect sentences by completing the sentence starters, "Over the summer I..." and "Over the summer I didn't..." The children wrote a short fiction story based on the read aloud book Doctor De Soto.
The class began the daily routine after lunch, of listening and discussing a book read aloud to the class, followed by independent reading time. On Fridays, the class has a partner reading time when they share and discuss books.
The students learned more about each other by playing a game called "All About You", where they each asked questions about the other students.
In math, the students reviewed the 100 chart and different skip-counting patterns. The children played a game to determine the number of different ways to add numbers to make 10 and wrote the appropriate addition number sentences (there are 11 ways). Then they worked with their partners to figure out the different ways to use subtraction to created correct number sentences starting with 10. It is important for children to deeply understand these facts because it helps with the understanding of addition and subtraction of larger numbers. Because "10" is a magic number....
The class made a birthday poster, so that we all know when everyone's birthday is. In our class, birthdays in July and August are celebrated in June.
The students began our first class project. We are working on collecting pennies from 1920 (when the first penny of the current size was made) to 2012, the last year that the penny was made. We learned about why there are maple leaves on one side and Queen Elizabeth on the other. They used magnifying glasses to read the year on pennies. The children did a little experiment on how to make the pennies shiny again. The dark dirty stuff is copper oxide and is dissolved in vinegar. (Putting the pennies in water did not clean them at all.)
The children created a whole alphabet to be used as display letters for our bulletin board displays. After drawing a big, fat letter using most of a standard sheet of paper, they coloured in the letters with crayons and then cut them out.
The class was happy to welcome back our school librarian, Ms. Mantello this week during our visit to the library. Our library period is on Day 2, which currently is on a Tuesday. Next week, the children will be able to take out library books.
The students reviewed different ways to draw a line. Then they drew one long, continuous line on large paper with black Sharpie marker and coloured in the spaces with wax crayon.
Books read aloud this week:
The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers
The Book That Eats People by John Perry
Doctor De Soto by William Steig
Do Not Open This Book! by Michaela Muntean
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