READING
We read a rhyming, counting big book, “Ten Little Puppies.” The song tells the story of a boy with ten puppies that leave him, one by one. Then he discovers ten more. We identified the beginning, middle and end of the story. The illustrator of this book, Scott Nash, was featured in the other big book selection.
MATH
Using addition and subtraction the students learned to play a game, Disappearing Train. The counters in the train were added or taken away by reading the number and symbol on the dice. It was a great way to practice.
SOCIAL STUIES
We continued with “Land and Water and Maps” study. After discovering that maps use symbols to show land and water, the students made their own maps using simple picture symbols. We examined a variety of maps and described ways these maps are used. The highlight of this week in social studies was making COOKIE MAPS. I’ll get some pictures posted soon on the blog. Green frosting on a sugar cookie with blue frosting for rivers and lakes started the project. Then they added chocolate chips for mountains and m & m’s for cities. What could be better than learning map symbols, creating the map, and then EATING it!
Pam Holz was invited to kindergarten this week to do a lesson on “footprints in the snow.” We had fun being detectives to see where the prints went and whom they belonged to.
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