This week we studied the letters U and V. We read a story called "Uncle Ugbee" and another one called "Victor the Vulture." We practiced writing the letters U and V and came up with words that started with those letters, we also tried to see how many different ways we could make U and V using our fingers, hands, and arms.
We also have started studying Texas. We each made our own Texas book that has a picture of the state flag, bluebonnets, the state motto; friendship, and a picture of the state with a sticker for where we live. We have been studying some Texas words and been working on sounding them out. We also played a math addition game by matching up cowboy boots. We worked on our one-to-one correspondence and played a game called "Yee-Haw!" where we practiced naming and finding lowercase letters. We read a book about a runaway tortilla and another one about an armadillo making chili. For art we made paper plate cowboys, decorated cowboy boots, made a prickly cactus, and made an armadillo.
Next Friday (April 8) is going to be Cowboy Day! The students are allowed to dress up in western wear that day and we'll be doing fun games and crafts in the classroom!
This week we also introduced our four different coins; penny, nickel, dime, and quarter. We got to describe how they look and feel, and we learned a poem about all the different ones and how much they are each worth. We read a story called "Benny's Pennies" and another one called "Bunny Money." We flipped pennies and graphed how many times it landed on heads and how many times it landed on tails. We worked on sorting coins and also coloring and labeling them. The students also used pennies to "buy" beads to spell their name on a bracelet. We will continue to work with coins for the next couple weeks.
We also had a store open in our classroom! Everyday, the students were given a baggie with their name on it with 6 pennies in it. They could then go "shopping" and spend their 6 pennies. We have gummi bears and stickers worth 1 penny, a peanut worth 2 pennies, hershey kisses and jelly beans worth 3, and 6 pennies to buy a prize from the prize box. The students had to decide everyday how to spend their money, they had a lot of fun getting to pick out what they wanted and then putting the pennies in the piggy bank!
We had Grandparents Day on Friday and the students had so much fun singing and dancing for our program! They also made handprint flowers and vases for their grandparents and got to go to the Book Fair with them and show them around the classroom!
Next Wednesday, our class will be doing the skit for Chapel. You are welcome to come and watch! It will start around 8:25 in the Parish Hall. We will be telling the story of Ezekeiel and the Valley of the Dry Bones.
And next week we will be talking about Weather and Springtime and the letters W and X.
Have a great weekend!
Stephanie Ray
