How do tools help us explore is what we talked about this week in ELA. We first brainstormed what are some tools we use. At first, the K2ers named only carpenter tools like a hammer, wrench, screwdriver and saw but then as we talked about the definition of our vocabulary word tools (things that help people do work or help people learn) they started to name lots of different tools like pencils, magnifying glasses, rulers, scales, glue sticks, etc... Our other vocabulary words were fetch, discover, rumble, and defeated. We focused in on the letter Pp and read the stories "The Handiest Things in the World", "Timimoto" and "Discover with Tools." We also introduced what a verb is and talked about how it is an action word or something you can do. Our new sight word this week was the word a. Each week, when a new sight word is introduced, we listen to a song to help us remember the word. Here is a video of the K2ers with our new song for the word a...
In learning centers we wrote about things we see in the classroom and what tools we use. We also sorted picture cards by if it was a noun or a verb. The K2ers enjoyed this center because they got to use the board during center time to do the activity. We were also reviewing beginning sounds and clipping the pictures that began with sound that the letter on the top of the card makes.
In Math we continued on with Topic 3. We read, wrote and counted 6 and 7 and 8 and 9. We introduced number poems to help them remember how to write the numbers. Practicing writing numbers at home will help your K2er make their numbers better. Give your child a piece of paper and just say a number (0 - 9 have been introduced so far) and have them practice writing that number. 8 seems to be causing the most difficulty so here is the poem we use to help them remember the formation: make an S but do not wait, go back up and that's an 8.
Have a nice weekend!
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