Apples, Apples

Another week has gone by and apples was our theme. Here is what we have been up to:

Our favourite part of the day
On Monday we played and learned letters.
On Tuesday we had centres and went outside.
On Wednesday Dante was the special helper and we had snack.
On Thursday we went to the park and learned about parts of the apple.
On Friday we went outside and we made apple sauce.

Apples, Apples
This week we read a poem called "Apples, Apples". On Monday I read the poem and gave them picture clues to help with the words. As we read the poem through a second time I underlined the words and we talked about it.

On Tuesday I only had apples underlined and then we went on a word hunt to find other key words, I highlighted these. Then we read the poem.

By Thursday they were able to spot all of the key words and almost read it on their own. On Friday I did not help them at all and most were able to read the whole thing as a class. We are going to continue the poem next week and work on some sight words.

More Apple Things:
On Monday we thought about all of the things that we knew about apples. We came up with quite a list! Next week we are going to try to add to this list with things that we have learned.

We discussed the parts of an apple by playing a labelling game and showing the actual inside of an apple. On Friday many could name all of the parts.

We made some apple crafts to decorate our room and work on our fine motor skills.








On Friday we made apple sauce!! It was so much fun :)

This week was brought to you by: The letters D and P

Finally we learned about the letters D and P. We practiced writing the uppercase letters and discovered words that start with that sound. When you have a moment practice writing D and P as well as what words start with "duh" (for "dog") or "puh" (for "pig"). 

Centre Time!
We really got into centres this week. Each centre will be added to progressively but here is a look into a few of the choices that we had.

 The above are the math centres that we had for shapes, counting and sorting.

 Listening centre

The alphabet centre was a big hit! They had to sort the objects into the different letter categories. Some of the children who already knew their letters and sounds started working on reading and matching pictures to cvc (consonant-vowel-consonant) words.

The best thing about centres is that it allows time for the children to make choices and enhance their learning at their own pace while giving the teachers time to work with the children at their own level. Soon the students will have a good understanding of how the centres work and what is expected and then more work can be done and more things can be added. This is a fun part of our day.

Don't Forget:

We will be doing the Terry Fox run on Sept. 27. I will be talking to the children about this early next week.

Remember that examples of past presentations can be found on the table when you drop off or pick up your child.

Feel free to contact me anytime with any questions or concerns. I can be reached at the school, by email or just drop in (I am usually around before school).