IPADS, WORD STUDY,MATH-HAPPY KIDS LEARNING!

Today Mr. Neihoff introduced the IPAD to every child. While many of our friends have previous experience with this tool, Mr. Neihoff taught the children step by step how to take out their IPAD, how to power it on, how to access PIXIE and use the app.  The children learned how to hook back into the power cart.
The children really enjoyed learning during this small group rotation. Mr. Neihoff will be wiping our IPADS and creating files of language arts apps, math apps, and other learning apps that will support our learning. 

#WEAREVBSCHOOLS

During small group language arts time, we are working on guided writing which includes letter sound. The children are using sound charts to help them when determining what letter to use in their word.  I am also including high frequency words that we are learning from our big books in the sentences as we are writing.

In my small group we are learning how to sort letters and letter sounds.  The children are doing a partner sort in these photos.

WHOLE GROUP MATHToday we counted kids in the pond (our fishy rug).
We practiced writing the number on our white boards that matched the number of children on the rug.  We changed their placement on the rug and discussed that no matter how we move if we have 8 and we move around into a different position on the rug, we still have 8!




Our eight crew

Our 7 crew



MATH STATIONS

 

Telling a story using talk cards and cubes.
"We are saying numbers!"



Number Boards- "I am thinking of one more than 2."
The partner would look for a picture of something with 3 of something  in it.
He or she would say, "I choose 3." They would find the numeral card 3 and match it to the picture.

WRITING TIME

We read the story, RED IS A DRAGON

The class discussed the author and the illustrator. We also wrote a sentence that used a color word.

Some examples that the children wrote and illustrated,

Blue is a bird.

Green is an alligator.

Pink is my dress.

Red is a fire hydrant.

 

We are continuing to work on name writing.

Labeling pictures using the beginning letter sound.

 

WHOLE GROUP READING

Ask your child about the moral of Pete The Cat And His Four Groovy Buttons

We continued to discuss the characters and the setting of the story.

 

SCIENCE:

Tomorrow we begin our unit on magnets.

Please talk about magnets with your child at home.

Our vocabulary words that we will be discussing are:

magnets, north pole, south pole, attract, repel, push, pull

Please feel free to send me pictures or short video clips  (they must be gif or jpeg) of your child experimenting with magnets at home! I will add them to our blog! Let's take learning BEYOND OUR SCHOOL WALLS!

 

 

 



A field trip reminder for went home today. Please fill out the bottom and return it to school no later than Thursday.

 

We are aware of the homework APP concerns. We are in the process of solving the problem.

Please continue to make reading and writing part of your daily at home routine.

 

 

Tomorrow is library day! Please return your library book!

Thank you!