Word Study:
One tool we use is magnetic letter boards
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We build word recognition with blank cards to represent the words in a sentence.
Word Sorts-sorting picture cards by beginning sounds:
Math-practicing our make ten facts in various ways...using ten frames
number racks
and games like "Make Ten Go Fish"
Measuring with popsicle sticks
The Monarch Butterfly hatched and was released
We made our own butterflies
We kicked off our first writing personal narratives-stories from our lives.
We use "mentor texts" to help us become better writers.
Celebrating Dot Day!
Each child decorated a quarter of a circle and then I put them together
Ms. Stein came to teach us about how to tell what gets composted, recycled or put in the trash.
Some of the books I read to the class this week...
