Knock Knock?

At morning meeting we did a cute "knock knock?" greeting and we played a number game. Ask the kids about these. I'm sure they will share with you.




In Math we are practicing finger flashes in the teens again. With a partner we built number stairs from 1-10 with unifix cubes. Then we made comparisons about the number of cubes and their length. For example, 5 cubes is shorter than 7 cubes. We also drew cubes on paper that were shorter and longer than what we had for pictures.

In Language Arts we looked again at The Mitten by, Alvin Tresselt and found comparisons to the other book The Mitten by, Jan Brett. Kids are using their background knowledge of what they already know. Some are able to make predictions. Some remember that they have read it in another class or at home. Some read the front cover and recognize the similarities. They are beginning to recognize what a setting of a story is or even noticing some similar characters. All of this is based off of looking at the cover of the books. Some comment to their personal life what they found similar, such as......

Eva: "It reminds me of when I took off my mitten and lost it. I had to go back to find it."
                                         Molly: "This reminds me of when I lost my hat at the store."


Today we began a new writing project. We are writing "true stories" about ourselves that have a beginning, middle and end, which are things we have learned in language arts. We are taking our time to do this. We are now writing mini books. Each of the kids received a three page book and started today with the first page/beginning of their short story.