We had a pretty quiet Monday. Three kindergarteners were sick and everyone else was either being shy or tired from their weekends :) We started our day on the carpet and reviewed some of our rules. We talked about where to hand in completed assignments, and where to put unfinished work. Unfinished work will need to be done before the boys and girls can take part in fun Fridays, the only day they will get 'choice' time. Hopefully this will give the students incentive to stay on task ;)
We started our Math curriculum today. The students were introduced to the "Number Parade," and giant number cards that we will go through everyday to practice. The kids did a great job! We read the book "Anno's Counting Book," and because it had no words the students helped me 'read' the pictures. To go along with the story the students drew '10' of an object on a piece of paper. Some drew kindergarten kids, or spiders, or flowers. They also traced their hands and practiced counting from one pinkie finger to the next, and then reversed.
We did a step-by-step bear coloring sheet. This was hard for the students to not work ahead and to wait for their next instruction! They did a good job though.
You should start seeing the students basketball smiley faces coming home with stickers to show that the students had a great day and did not move their clothes pin down to any 'fouls.'
--FYI book orders have been sent home. These are optional. If you do choose to order something, we get points for the classroom to order classroom books. :)
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