This week we learned about apples, the letter A, and the color red. Students met the puppet Artie the Alligator and we read the story "Apple Annie" all week. They looked for the letter a in the stories that we read this week and practiced tracing the letter a also. We also read "Apples, Apples, Apples" and "Minerva Louise and the Red Truck." We learned about the parts of an apple: the skin, the seeds, and the stem. We got to taste apples and we will be making another class book about our favorite apple treat to try. (Thanks to everyone who brought apples for us to taste!).
We made torn paper apples, painted apple trees, made cinnamon scented apples, glued small apples on the letter A, and made worm apples. We practiced graphing this week. I would ask a "yes" or "no" question and the students would come up and put an apple with their name on it on either the "yes" or the "no" side. We would then talk about which side had more, which had less, and count how many said yes and how many said no. We rolled a dice and then would put that many apples into our basket. We played an apple match up game, where we had to find the apples that had the same design drawn on them. We also learned some apple songs and sang them this week.
Students started computers last week and we'll start going every Friday for about 30 minutes. Spanish is also going well! Senora Johnson says we have a great class and it's so fun to hear them using Spanish words in class! Here are some things they are working on:
Numbers:
1- uno
2- dos
3- tres
4- cuatro
5- cinco
6- seis
7- siete
8- ocho
9- nueve
10- diez
11- once
12- doce
13- trece
14- catorce
15- quince
Colors:
Red- rojo
Blue- azul
Yellow- amarillo
Green- verde
Black- negro
White- blanco
Purple- morado
Brown- cafe
Pink- rosa
Gray- gris
Orange- anaranjado
This upcoming week we'll be learning about the five senses, blue, ovals, and the letter K. Don't forget Monday is the day we'll be blessing the pets! Looking forward to seeing you all soon!
Stephanie Ray
