The students had a lot of fun with the Alphabet
Hunt activity in class today! All the letters of the alphabet were placed
around the classroom in different spots and the students had to take their
clipboard and their alphabet sheet to find, match, and write the letters on it.
This activity allowed the students at all stages of their literacy learning to
be successful. The initial stage is to be able to match the letters. Even if a
student does not yet know the name of the letter or all of the corresponding
lowercase letters, they can still be successful in matching the shapes of the
letters from those found around the room to the ones on their sheets.
Some of the students began to work in groups and it was fun to see them help each other out by pointing out some of the letters that had not yet been found to their peers. This got them to use the names of the letters when they would ask, “do you know where the ‘O’ is?” or say, “the letter ‘K’ is over there!”
In addition to new literacy games, I have changed the wall
story to include the familiar sentence frame “I see..” and added in new numbers
and pictures of arrangements of dots for the students to identify and match.
The students need to use their knowledge of letter sounds and use the
pictures/objects as clues to help them read the new story. Memorization is one
skill that students can use but this allows them to use new or different skills
for pre-literacy.
In math we will continue to focus on number sense all year
using the numbers 0-10. We continue to sing songs and play counting games. In
addition to counting and playing subitizing (recognizing objects at a glance) games,
we have started our unit on patterns. By the end of this unit, students should
be able to identify, extend, and create a 2 or 3-part pattern. Here is one of
the videos that we have been using to practice this skill. The students can identify
what object comes next in the pattern and identify what attribute is changing
(i.e. size, shape, direction, colour).
Click HERE for the pattern video!
We have also been doing a countdown to Christmas every day!
This gives students a real-world connection to math skills in an engaging way.
We will continue to incorporate Holiday-themed activities into our learning
over the next monthJ
Also, just a reminder that our Holiday performance will be
on the December 18th assembly at 8:30 am and parents/families are
encouraged to attend!
-Mrs. Moore
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