Another busy day for the red rhinos and the green gators. A sad day as well, as this was Mr. F's last day with us! This morning the green gators reviewed the "chant" for "th" and read a book called things that start with "th." Brynn did a fantastic job of collecting things from home that start with "TH." She brought in thread, thumb tacks, the number three, and a thimble. Today we learned the sound the "CH" makes. Ian was chosen to be our "CH" expert. We can't wait to see what he is able to find at home that starts with the letters "CH." The red rhinos read a book all about the Spanish words that start with the letter b. Ask your child if they are able to identify some of these words. This morning we also celebrated all of the hard work we have put into our stories and had a publishing party during writing workshop. We had the opportunity to share our stories with our friends and got some very deserving compliments. Then, we ended our celebration with a toast (of juice) and a couple of cookies. After our celebration, we practiced reading to self. We are up to successfully reading independently for 11 minutes. Some of us are spending this time reading the pictures or retelling the story. Other friends are spending this time reading the words in their books. We will try for 12 minutes tomorrow.
After lunch (and a quick game of duck, duck, goose in the multipurpose room), we started our word study routine for the day. The green gators searched for words within magazines that started with the letter z or the letter k. Ask them what pictures they were able to find. The red rhinos did no peek sort. After word study, the green gators and red rhinos worked on their personal readers. It seems that every Wednesday the story we have written gets cut up and needs to be put back together. The students are doing a great job putting the sentences back together. During math the red rhinos had a number talk about coins. They were shown a picture of a penny and two dimes. Mrs. Helfer was amazed at their thinking. They were able to identify the coins as 2 nickels and a penny, tell the value of each coin, and they were even able to come up with a number sentence to represent how much there was all together. The green gators worked on a number talked which focused on the concepts of more and less.
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The Tortorice Family would like to thank you for all of the great things you have taught our girls. I know Marissa was sad to see Mr F go. Thank you for bringing us into your class with the photo's. Great Job!!
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