It’s Apple Picking Season! The Lemurs are thinking we should open up our own bake shop…they really enjoyed learning to make apple turnovers this week. Next week is our last week studying plants…with the coming of October, our room will transform along with our new unit.
On the morning of Sept. 29th, Quest will have an informational meeting about the WPPSI test. Look for details to come soon.
Activities this week….
Monday
Math – Coin Comparison – Throughout the year we will be studying coins. Today we looked closely at the different attributes of our coins and sorted them.
Literacy – Guided Reading/Sequencing – We first learned the sight word “the” and then became word detectives to find “the” as we read the emergent reader Three Friends and the Leaves. Students then sequenced pictures from the story.
Tuesday
Math – 10 Apples – Inspired by the story Ten Apples Up on Top, students created their own version of themselves balancing ten apples on their heads. The practiced number formation by writing numbers 1 – 10 on each apple.
Science – Seeds – We read together the book Seeds Grow Into Plants. The each student was given a “silly seed” and used their imaginations to create a drawing of what the seed would grow into.
Literacy – Predictable Text – “I See Apples” – We learned the sight word “see” and read some predictable text together, featuring the word “see.”
Wednesday
Math – Dice Roll Apple Picking – Students worked with a partner, rolling a die and then “picking” that may apples from a tree. As a challenge, students were given 2 dice to add together.
Fine Motor – Pretend Apple Pie Baking – Using cinnamon play-doh as our pie crust, small wooden blocks as apple slices, we learned the process for making apple pies.
Literacy – Read Aloud – I read the beautiful book The Apple Pie that Papa Baked by Lauren Thompson to inspire the class for making apple turnovers the next day.
Thursday
Math – Sound and Motion Patterns – We practiced creating patterns (ABAB, ABBABB, ABCABC) with sounds and movements. We then created patterns with Unifix Cubes.
Baking – Apple Turnovers – Our classroom smelled wonderful as we baked apple turnovers. Students mixed their own chopped apples, cinnamon, and sugar. The placed the mixture on a square of puff pastry dough. Then folded the dough over and sealed it shut with a fork…poking steam holes on top.
Literacy – Read Aloud – I read the book Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson. A lovely story about a little fox who thinks his favorite tree is sick because it is dropping leaves. He compassionately tries to put the leaves back on the tree to help it. But soon learns that other animals can use the leaves and his tree is just fine.
Friday
Recycling – Being Responsible with our garbage – Mrs. Swanson showed students a video about recycling. She then showed them a pile of different items that we might throw away. Students worked together to sort the items into trash and recycling. We have two barrels in our classroom. We will try to be mindful all year when throwing something away.
Literacy – White Board Letters/Words – We practiced letter formation for all vowels, b, and c. We then began cvc (consonant vowel consonant)words. Students sounded out and wrote “cap” then changed one letter to make “cat” then “bat”
Literacy – Mother Goose Rhymes – Over the Summer I created a “Mother Goose Box” filled with felt stories for popular mother goose rhymes. My goal is that by the end of the year, students will be able to recite all of the rhymes themselves. We practice a few every day. They love this activity!
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