Our focus sight words this week were "her" and "by" and our focus letters were E and B.

This week, we began to write simple sentences using the sentence starter "I see...". I showed the students the following picture and they needed to write three sentences using an uppercase letter at the beginning and a period at the end. 

We talked about leaving spaces between words and using lowercase letters. The students referenced classroom posters and listened carefully for the letter sounds in words when completing their sentences.

We have started to work with number lines in Math. Zero the Hero brought us a fun Around the Room activity on Tuesday for our 30th day of school. The students had to look at a partial number line and determine which number was being covered by a pumpkin. We will continue to work with number lines up to 20 next week.

We have been practicing counting by 2s to 20 and by 5s to 50. We have also been working to solve simple word problems using addition. The students have been practicing their listening skills to draw simple pictures to aid in solving these problems. An example would be: I brought 5 cupcakes to my Grandma's birthday party. My cousin brought 4 cupcakes. How many cupcakes did we bring altogether? Practicing problems such as these while you are in the car, in a line-up at a store, or while hanging out at home is a great way to hone your child's skills while still having fun. All your child needs are their fingers to count on!

Our school will be doing a Winter Card fundraiser in the next few weeks. We spent a lot of time this week creating a beautiful winter art piece using paints and Sharpie markers. Here are a few samples of the work:

In Science, we continued to talk about how plants and animals change during Fall and we completed our Fall booklet. Next week, we will begin to learn about a pumpkin's life cycle and will do some investigations with a real pumpkin.

Gym classes have moved back inside now. The students have been working on underhand and overhand throwing with a lot of attention being given to body positioning and accuracy.

A friendly reminder to have your child return their library book by Wednesday each week. Also, there is no school next Friday as it is a Professional Development Day.

Enjoy your weekend! :)