Today we started our day by going to Mrs. Knutson's room and working on the national anthem. It amazes me how quickly this age of students learn things, especially with all the extensive vocabulary in this song. Great job!
We then did our calendar and daily math warm up. We started language arts with a review of our sight words, letter names, and letter sounds. Then we got into new stations. Here, the students did a sentence writing activity, a "Roll a Word," using our sight words, a ABC paint formation station, and a review of the letter I. I pulled students to work on math stories ("I had 5 friend over for dinner. 2 went home sick. How many were left?" --using cubes. The boys and girls created their own for me to solve), and Ella's mom pulled students to read with her. They did a great job working through stations today!
Then we worked on math. We reviewed coins, how we distinguish them from others and how much they are worth. We used the 20 pennies the boys and girls brought in, putting them on our math mats. Then the "10 Bug" knocked and came into our room to visit. This bug told the boys and girls that he was very good at counting, but got confused when trying to count the children's pennies. He told them that what helps him count fast is when they organize their pennies in groups of 10. "Groups of 5 are okay too!" Next, dime stripes were introduced. Students were to recognize how 10 pennies (on one side of the strip) = a dime (on the other side of the strip). We will be working with 10 groups (last unit was 5 groups) very often this month.
We practiced the national anthem one more time, had snack, and headed for home!
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