OPEN HOUSE ON THURSDAY!!!

REMINDER.....

Open House is on Thursday this week. Open House is from 5pm-6pm. This is a short visit to see what your child has been doing in the classroom so far this year. Your child will give you a tour of the classroom. Feel free to ask them questions and have a good look around. Please remind your child that this is not "free choice time" but a time to show off their classroom. Hope to see you here!

Morning Meeting....
Each morning we gather around in our circle and read our chart. This week we are also learning about the letter Tt. William noticed that there were 3 T's in our morning message. We also had our very first funny voice greeting. We all took  turns going around the circle and used our own funny voice to say "good morning" to our neighbor.  Lots of great "funny" voices! Lots of giggles too!

Matching puzzle pieces. We do this often! Rhyming is a very important piece to their literacy. It is great for recognizing word families, recognizing sounds, etc.

Guest Visitor.....

Jen Boland, our school counselor, came in today to visit with us and introduce "Jen's Friends".
What's a friend?
JJ- "A kid. being helpful."
William - "You say hello to someone and say hi and ask if they want to be your friend."
Wave - "Ask them to play with you."
Gabe - "Being helpful and kind.'
Charley "Someone you like and love."
Dalton "Friends mean to go on the slide with us."
Sydney "share with us.'
Corinna "someone who is nice and not mean."

In Jen's Friends we are going to be learning about feelings and how to be good friends.  When we go to Jen's Friends we will meet on Wednesday's and Thursdays. So we will have small groups each time. Everyone/group will get a turn.

Book Corner....
Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble 

Counting Crocodilles 


Quiet Reading....

Charley reads to JJ.

Friends are reading quietly, together or alone.

Math.....
We do a lot with math throughout the day! From our Number Corner (as seen below), to lots of fun games. We are working hard on number recognition. We have been writing numbers. We are counting along with the grasshopper the days we have been in school. We do this with the straight ole way of counting from 1, to counting with Unifix cubes, or with dots and fingers. We are also using math in our calendar where we recognize shapes, colors, numbers, days of the week and patterns!!!

Number Corner.