Thursday, October 27th

I can not even believe tomorrow is Friday! This week has gone by faster than any other probably because we have been so busy in the classroom. I have had such a great time meeting with all of you to discuss your student's progress. It has been so nice to get the opportunity to talk about next steps together as well as talk about all of the wonderful things your little ones are doing in class.


Day and Night: After meeting with some of you this week I have realized that our "trip to outer space" was a big hit this week. Earlier this week we took a trip in our imaginary spaceship to view the Earth and the Sun from outer space. Together we discussed how the world turns, or rotates, on its axis and how this movement creates day and night. Today we discuss the different seasons and touched upon the reason we have our seasons.


Powerpoints: We continue to work on our nocturnal animal powerpoints. The students are really working hard and have really taken ownership over their projects. I can not wait to share this project with everyone- I think you will be very impressed!


Math: Right now we are really diving into place value and number sense. We are looking at numbers from 10-20 and discussing what each digit actually means (ex: in the number 17 we have 1 group of ten and 7 ones). What an important concept to understand! Check out the following website with your student to practice place value: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/games/place_the_penguin/big_sound/full.shtml


Wishlist Item: I would like to start sending some books home with your students that I KNOW they can read. I would greatly appreciate any gallon size plastic bags to help me with this project. More to come on this...


Tomorrow is Friday!!!