On Monday we brought our smiles to class and had our class
picture taken, as well as, our class photo.
On Tuesday, we worked on our handwriting, as well as,
strengthening our reading skills during our partner reading . We met our reading partners and practiced our
fluency using our just right books. We
will have the same reading partners for the next few weeks. Reading partners are just like our classroom
seats, they are forever flexible and changing.
On Wednesday, Ms. Black came into our classroom during our
Guided Reading time and listened to us read and watched us learn. Miss Wescott
also showed us how to do rainbow writing with the letter Jj.
On Thursday it was Johnny “Appleseed” Chapman’s
birthday. We did some apple centers at
the end of the day. We also watched some
YouTube videos about apples. One of our
favorites is a catchy song about apples.
This video gave Miss Wescott and me an idea. Below is the video. Feel free to click on it. If your child hears it, they will begin to
sing and dance to it.
Friday was jammed packed with activity. We started the day with Ms. Black’s assembly
about “How to Fill your Bucket”. This is
a monthly meeting that Ms. Black meets with all the first graders and teaches
them about respect, responsibility, compassion, and friendship. At the end of
the day, we taste tested 10 different varieties of apples. We ate the following: Gala, Pink Lady,
Macintosh, Fuji, Jazz, Sweetango, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Red
Delicious, Opalescent. Our favorite was
a new apple for this season… Sweetango (purchased at Wegmans) and the apple
that was not liked by most of the class was the Macintosh (too soft). Here are
some pictures of our taste testing.
Things to remember:
If you have not filled out and returned your PTA paperwork from Mrs. Haworth (class head room mom) please do so. If you need another paper let me know.
Starting Oct. 1st "Just right books" will be sent home daily for your child's reading practice.
Please practice your handwriting daily.
