Language Arts: We reviewed our sight words: I , am the, little, to and a. We introduced the new sight words: have, is and can. We read non-fiction and informational text books about bats. The students wrote and illustrated bat facts. We read the book Stellaluna. We charted and discussed how bats and birds are different. We also sequenced the story from what happened in the beginning, middle and end. We discussed the character traits of each character in the story and how bats and birds act differently. Students also had the opportunity to work in differentiated reading groups reading books about Halloween, bats and spiders. The Students focused on the following good reading strategies taught to them ( using a pointy finger, sounding or tapping out sounds, using the pictures as clues, etc..). Students pointed out sight words in the books and discussed the main idea and characters of the story. I asked the Students comprehension questions and checked for improved fluency. The Students worked in literacy centers focusing on beginning sounds, word building, sight words and rhyming.
Phonics / Handwriting: We learned the letters O and P. Students had the opportunity to brainstorm words that begin with these letters. Students completed a variety of activities where they had to identify, write and illustrate words that begin with these letters. Students were taught the proper way to handwrite the uppercase and lowercase letters.
Math: We continued our math unit on number sense and writing and representing our numbers past 10. Students learned to use a double 10 frame to help represent the numbers and use manipualtives to help in math centers. We will read, handwrote and represented numbers to 20.
Social Studies/ Science : We began our Giving without walls project "Treats for the Troops". We discussed giving back to the community and how it makes us feel when we get / give treats. We discussed how our servicemen and women help us and our country and how we want to thank them. We made flyers and posters about how we are collecting leftover Halloween candy. We made boxes to collect the candy in. We will count, weigh and sort the candy to donate for the troops!
