This past week we read books and wrote about Fall. Can your child sing the song The Leaves Are Fluttering Down for you? Can he tell you at least 3 facts about fall? We also read information books about spiders which was quite appropriate as it seems that daily a spider finds it’s way into our classroom (or the bathroom!) and causes quite a commotion. I was thrilled with one attentive student who, when the she heard about squirrels storing nuts for the winter, asked: “Like spiders do with flies?” It was thrilling because she was making a ‘text to text’ connection which is an important reading strategy. The previous day they had heard that spiders wrap insects in their sticky thread and save it to eat at another time. What made it twice as exciting for me as a teacher was that this was a bilingual student. Everyone is making gains daily! In math we worked on identifying pennies, nickels and dimes, the ‘Tricky Teen’ numbers, and practicing making patterns. I will try to add pictures of the children working at math activities but I am skeptical. Adding media to this blog has been challenging as of late. Were you at Curriculum Night last Thursday? If not, please stop by the classroom to sign up for a November parent – teacher conference.
Look at all the key patterns that Otto has copied and extended!
Donovan has discovered that he is copying a pattern that is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and he knows what comes next: 3 red tiles over 3 green tiles. Below you see Benson who correctly extended his pattern all the way to ten tiles. But do you suppose I could get him to smile for the camera?
Illasia and Sohan are at the Math Table playing Coin Toss. They roll a die that has pictures of pennies, nickels and dimes. They choose the coin they roll and place it in the 1, 5, or 10 cent spot in the egg carton. Whoever fills their carton first wins.
