Oct. 8

Today we went to the Fire Station. We had a great time. We talked about smoke detectors, getting out of the house, having a meeting place at home. We also talked about practicing a fire drill at home. We had a chance to spray the fire hose. We saw the fire suits that fire fighters wear when going to a fire. We got to try on a helmet. We went inside 2 fire trucks. We learned all about the different fire trucks at the Rockford Station. We saw the ladder on the ladder truck to up in the air. One of the fire fighters even went up on the ladder and took our picture. Thank you to all of the fire fighters for taking the time to teach up about fire safety.
Morning Meeting-We did a fire truck song. We shared another baby outfit. We shared the Surprise Suitcase and the Letter Bucket.
Specials-We had Phy. Ed. with Mrs. Lingo.
Read Aloud-We read the story "The Fire House". We talked about fire safety rules after reading the story. We also talked about what we were going to see on the Fire Station Field trip.
Reading Activity-We talked about 3 ways to read a book. We talked reading the words, retelling the story and looking at the pictures to tell the story. I reread a book we read earlier this week called Fire House. It is an easy reader. Then we read the book all 3 ways. The students were put in partners to read the book in one of the 3 ways.
Writers Workshop-We talked about being independent writers. We talked about writing the words the best we could by listening to the sounds in the words. We practiced together. We also reviewed what to do when a student finishes a piece of writing. He/she can add to the pictures, add to the words or start a new piece.
We did not have rest time because we were at the fire station.
Math-We did the calendar after returning from the fire station.