Monday, August 31, 2009

Monday--Miss Calderone's class

Today was a very fast day. As soon as we got to school we had music followed by P.E. When we came back we read "The Tiny Seed" and talked a little about Eric Carle. He is the author of "The Tiny Seed" and "The Mixed Up Chameleon" our reading story for this week! We then did some phonics work and read "The Mixed Up Chameleon" together. Time was escaping us so we only had a little time to do centers this morning! We learned about centers and had a little time to do only two. This week and next (possible the week after that) I will walk around and help the students learn how to work during centers. Once we get the hang of it I will begin grading their work. It's a lot, but as soon as we get used to it, we'll be able to accomplish even more. After coming back from lunch we read Harry Potter for a bit and then began math. We talked about skip counting and how it is just adding the same number over and over. For example, if you are skip counting by 2's, you continue to add 2 to each number. We completed some workbook pages together and then played a game! We got in a huge circle and counted by ones, two, and fives. It was a lot of fun! We then enjoyed the weather for a bit by going outside. We finished our day with science. We completed a plant web and worksheet together. Check out your child's take home folder!

The homework for today is math 1-2 and read for 2o minutes. The reading book should have been taken home so you can read "The Mixed Up Chameleon"!

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