Sept. 10

Morning Meeting-Movement Activity-Pass the clap, pass the silly face, pass the ball; Quick Share-Favorite lunch
Read Aloud-Wheels on the Bus & our class book-Animals on the Bus
Specials-We had phy. ed. today. We played run rabbit run.
Shared Reading-Hello Bus poem
Reading Activity-Wheels on Bus mini-book. We talked about using picture clues to read books. By looking at the pictures you can tell a story. We colored a little bit on each page to help us "read" and sing our books. For example, we colored the wheels on the first page to remind us that this page is "Wheels on the Bus". After looking and coloring all of the pictures, we "read" it as a class then we read it with partners.
Writing-We practiced writing the date in numbers (9-10-08). We will be writing the date alot in writing. We also wrote our first name sample to compare with later in the year.
Rest Time-We listened to When I Grow Up..."
Math-Calendar & Review of coins. Pattern blocks were introduced today. We learned about the triangle, square, rhombus(diamond), trapezoid, and hexagon. We explored with the different shapes. We also made patterns and counted the pattern blocks. We ended the lesson by making pictures with the pattern blocks. I took pictures of their creations and then gave each student a piece of paper to draw their creation. It was very fun.
We ended the day with another free choice playtime so I could do some more assessments.
*Book Order-Our first book order was sent home today. Please return on Sept. 19