09/24/2025
Apples week was busy! We painted paper plate apples, decorated paper mosaic apples, made applesauce, and practiced sequencing events of how an apple grows. We started our first letter of the week activities that include practicing identifying and saying the letter name and sound, working on various skills in an interactive letter journal, practicing how to write, trace, and draw in our letter books, using the Ipad App Handwriting without Tears to practice letter formation of upper and lowercase letters, using Starfall to do letter, shape, and color practice, and using mini chalk boards and sponges to do Wet-Try-Dry letter formation practice. We started our Mat Man practice where we learn the parts of the body through a song which in turn helps us draw a person with all of the basic body parts (a year long skill). Ms. Sheryl (our Speech and Language specialist) comes in twice a week during circle time to help us with the letter sound and language for learning skills like comprehension and recall activities. We have centers twice per week where we do small group practice with Ms. Amy for fine motor skills, Ms. Sheryl for sound and comprehension skills, Ms. B and myself for games, theme work and other theme activities. We also had a visit with Mr. Miller (principal) and Mrs. Faude (behavioral specialist) to review our school wide expectations and talk about shields that help us show all the great things we do to show respect, responsibility, safety, and fun. When the large shield is full there will be a school wide celebration! Twice per month Ms. Alison (English Language Learner teacher) will be coming in our room to do activities with us to help us embrace the various languages and cultures that we have in our school and community. This week the students heard the Spanish alphabet, played Loteria (Spanish bingo), and sang an Adios song.