As we move into October we are reading some beautiful picture books and poems to celebrate the arrival of fall. Students are enjoying reading fall poems and illustrating them in their notebooks. We have added some fall play materials to our light table area. The children have some student-choice time for puzzles, blocks, and art each day. We have been able to keep an outdoor morning snack break time going in between our literacy skills time and math time.
In math, we continue to learn about counting all and counting on from a bigger number to solve addition problems. Students use various math tools to help them count on including number paths, connecting cubes and their fingers too. Our lessons include fluency practice and lots of student discourse to discuss thoughts and strategies we are using to solve problems.
In our literacy skills lessons we continue to practice segmenting and blending words with 3 and 4 sounds, learn new tricky words to read and spell, and we have learned that nouns can be a person, place or thing. Students will begin reading stories in our first decodable book called Snapshots. All students will have access to the decodable and activities that support it. Students will also have access to a variety of other books that will support the diverse range of readers in our classroom.
In Knowledge time we have moved on to our next unit which is learning about the human body and ways to stay healthy. The children will be learning the 5 systems of the body including, skeletal, muscular, circulatory, digestive, and nervous systems. The students will work together to discuss things we know about our body, things we wonder about or want to know, and things we have learned as the unit ends.
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| Learning to write number bonds with parts and finding the total |
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| Number bonds using counting on cards |
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| Fall poetry |
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| Fall read aloud collection |
