It has been a busy week in Pre First. For Author's Study, the girls became fortune tellers today as they learned about making predictions. We read Shortcut by Donald Crews and discussed why predicting what happens next in a story is important to overall understanding. I stopped reading the book halfway through and gave the girls "crystal balls." The girls had to draw what they predicted would happen next in the story. When they were done, I turned off our lights and they held a flashlight to the bottom of their "crystal balls" while they shared their predictions.
During math this week, the girls rotated around three different centers, all based on what we have been working on--sequencing and writing numbers. One center had the girls sequencing foam shapes with different numbers written on them, then recording their order. At another center, the girls learned a new app called Line 'Em Up, which focuses on putting numbers in order. At the third and final center, the girls had to cut and glue numbers in sequential order.
A big happening in our classroom is the start of our Engineering unit based on tall tales. We first discussed the characteristics of a tall tale, then to really bring the unit to life, we wrote our own tall tale as a class! Each girl added her own part to the story and they are really proud of the final product. I hope you all enjoy it!
One of the most exciting parts of the week was the installation of our 10th Head of School, Sue Sadler. The weather was beautiful and for lunch everyone got cupcakes! It doesn't get much better than that!
Finally a big THANK YOU to our second Mystery of the week, Mimi for coming in and sharing some of her favorite books with us.
