Spirit Day

Sorry we are a little behind on the posts, but that tends to happen when dealing with 5 and 6 year old girls :-)  Here are some pics from our Spirit Day--the girls had sooooo much fun (who doesn't have fun when boas and bead necklaces are involved?).  We did get some decent learning in on Thursday, and the girls created beautiful daisies--which are hanging on our main window--they had to make their daisy and put the petals in order using ordinal numbers.  We are already looking forward to our next out-of-uniform day....HALLOWEEN!!!!!!  Bring on the craziness :-)

 

Making our ordinal number daisies.

 

"Patiently" waiting for the parade to start.

 

The amazing marching band from Morgan State.

 

This is what you have to look forward to when your girls get older.

"Harbor", by Donald Crews

Today we read the book Harbor, by Donald Crews--our Author of the Month.  We discussed the different types of boats he used in his book and even talked about our own Inner Harbor.  The girls then compared Harbor to a previous book we read called, Freight Train.  They used a Venn Diagram to compare the two books.

Ordinal Numbers

We have been working on ordinal numbers during our math period.  Today, the girls were each given an ordinal number and had to position themselves according to their given number word.  After that, the girls had to follow directions and place the bear manipulatives on a certain ordinal number line.  They also got the chance to play a fun ordinal number game on our computers.  As a final activity, the girls were given sentence strips and stickers and placed their stickers in the correct order according to the ordinal number we called out.  To reinforce this concept at home, during dinner try asking your daughters in what order they ate their food!

Here are some pictures of the sticker activity!

Last Thursday's Mystery Reader

We had our second Mystery Reader come in last Thursday.  The girls loved seeing Leah's dad, Cameron, and enjoyed the stories he brought with him.  The mystery clues that the guest reader are sending in are keeping the girls on their toes...we love it! 

Fun Friday

Who doesn't love a Friday?  We can't think of a better way to celebrate a week full of learning and hard work than with a "Fun Friday"!!!  Each Friday, we try to incorporate as much movement and fun into our lessons as possible.  Here is your first peek at your Pre-Firster's Fun Friday.

 

Here are the girls getting ready to go on their word wall scavenger hunt.

 

The list of words for the hunt.

 

And they're off....

So happy to finally have all of their words :-)

 



 

Math center time--on Fridays we like to have the girls work in centers, each station representing a certain lesson or skill we learned throughout the week.

 

 

Here is our iPad station, they are working on ordering/sequencing numbers.

 

M&M Addition--the girls had to sort M&Ms and then add the colors together.

 

Our computer game focused on sorting different objects by using a Venn Diagram.

 

 

Mystery Reader

 

Today we welcomed our first Mystery Reader, Catelyn Godey's mom, Tracy!   From the moment that the girls walked through the door this morning, it was difficult to control their excitement.  Like we mentioned at Back to School night, please let us know if someone special is in town and would like to be our Mystery Reader--we will do our best to accommodate you :-)

Sorting, sorting, sorting

Today the girls reviewed different methods of sorting.  This was both a math review lesson as well as a "secret" lesson to prepare them for their word sorts, which will start next week.  We introduced the lesson by having the girls sort a tub of materials they use every day.

 

 

 

We then separated them into 2 groups and had the girls sort different items around the room. 

 

The girls had a great time and enjoyed working together to discover the many ways you could sort one type of object.