First weekly update!

Hello parents!  This is my first attempt at blogging, so bare with me.  I've had parents ask me what their children are doing in school all day long, because when they ask, the children say "Nothing."  I assure you we are learning and doing quite a bit!  I will do my absolute best to keep you informed on a weekly basis.  This week in:

Reading- We learned about Johnny Appleseed with comprehension questions focusing on characters, setting, sequence of events, and with every book, whether it's fiction or nonfiction.  We learned about the /s/ sound at the beginning of words and can sort /s/ words and non /s/ words.  We also have been identifying colors and their words and will continue to do so into next week. 

Language Arts- We had a writing prompt this week on why principles are powerful and we illustrated and wrote about examples of principles.  I thought someone would give an example of Dr. Large as a principal, but no one did.  :)   Everyday we focus on beginning sentences with capital letters, leaving spaces between words, and ending with punctuation. 

Math-  We are making, counting, and writing numbers up to 5.  The students need to show different ways to make a number.  Ex:  tally marks,  drawing groups of objects, pennies or a nickel, writing the number word, and the number.  Today, we read the book Ten Apples Up on Top and the class drew a self-portrait with 5 apples on their heads.  We also did M&M math, sorting by color, counting the M&M's in each group, and then graphing the results.

Science-  We have focused on the Five Senses each week.  This week has been taste.  Ask your child questions like what body part do you taste with, what are the different tastes (bitter, sweet, salty, sour), what are your favorite foods to taste.  Funny thing today, I was testing on campus and we had a sub.  I came in as the children were taste testing different items, one of them being unsweet Baker's chocolate.  I think they were upset with the sub for giving them something so horrible.  I'm happy I wasn't the one to have them taste it. :)

Social Studies-  We are focusing a lot on good citizenship, being responsible, what it means to be fair, and how we can solve problems peacefully.  This week and next, we are covering U.S. symbols and what freedom means to us.