The Sense of Taste

Today we went over one of the five senses. Taste is my favorite sense to teach because you get to eat and learn all at the same time! WE learned that thigs can be SOUR, SWEET, SALTY and BITTER. Here are some pictures of us using our taste buds to find out what was sweet, salty, bitter, and sour:

                                              

  Lemons are SOUR…Check out Jenna’s sour face!

Fruit snacks are SWEET.

Cheez-It’s are SALTY…You can even see the salt on them.

And guess what’s BITTER?? Watch the video below to find out (this is my favorite part)!!!

Miss Nelson Is Missing!!

Last week I read the book Miss Nelson Is Missing.  The book is about Miss Nelson, and her class full of naughty students.  They never pay attention and are always playing.  Miss Nelson, their teacher, is the nicest teacher ever. She tells her students to be quiet and settle down but they just wont listen. Miss Nelson gets tired of having to repeat herself over and over again, and she seeks revenge on the students.  The only way to make the students behave is to call in Mrs. Viola Swamp (a mean and ugly substitute).

Turns out that this book it was a hit with the class.  We have read it multiple times since them, and every time they see or hear something in the book they didn't catch the time before.  I promised the class since this book is a class favorite we would read it once or twice this week for Read For A Better Life.  Who knows...Maybe Mrs. Swamp will visit our class sometime soon.  ;)

Read For A Better Life

Remember...this week is read for a better life.  There is an activity planned for each day this week!

Monday: College Game Day

Tuesday: Hats off to Poetry

Wednesday: Western Wear

Thursday: Open the DOOR to a good book - Teachers bring a blanket and read outside to your kids

Friday: Book Character Day. Dress up as your favorite book character.

Sight Words

Please remember to review sight words daily. Reviewing sight words will help your child be a more fluent reader.

Patterns

We had such a great time making patterns last week. All students can code patterns as: AB, AAB, ABC, AABB....If you dont know what that is, ask them to show you :) Here are some pictures of some of the patterns we made!

Learning Stations

Our learning stations are up and going!  I am so proud of all the kids and their work in their learning stations (centers).  Here are some pictures of them workin gin their stations.





Lyla in the Work on Writing Station

Jonathan in the ABC Station

Giselle and Elijah in the Creative Station

Costello in the Listening Station

Jessica in the Write around the room Station

Zarian and Joseph in the Big Book Station

Alex and Elijah in the Creative Station

Fun with Writing!

I have notice some of my students have poor pencil grip.  Because of their poor pencil grip, it make it very hard for them to form letters.  Today we practice just making different lines (curved lines, straight lines, diagonal lines).  This was a very exciting lesson for them, even for the ones who have excellent pencil grip....I think it was because we used a giant piece of paper and markers. :)

I even found our new sight work on one of the long sheets of paper...

Way to go Jessica!!!

Homework

This will be our second week of homework!  I have a strong focus on name writing.  Please work at home with your child to master the skill of writing their first name.  The should be writing their name with a capital letter at the beginning and lowercase letters through out the rest of their name.  As they write each letter in their name, let them identify what that letter is.  This will help them build up their letter recognition.

Great Labeling

This piece of writing has great labels.

 

OH NO!

Mrs. Humphrey forgot her camera on her desk at school!  I took lots of neat pictures and videos.  I wont be able to post them this weekend, but be sure to come back to the blog Monday afternoon, and I will get all the pictures and videos from this week on the site.  Thanks for stopping by!!

We're READING!

Everyday we do something called shared reading.  During this time of our busy schedule we read a book together, paying close attention to the concepts of print. 

Concepts of print are things such as:

• reading from left to right
• starting at the top of the page and working your way to the bottom of the page
• spacing between words
• capital letters at the beginning of sentences
• punctuation

Below is a video of us putting sentences from the book back in the correct order.

Parent Information Night

Tomorrow is Parent Information Night.  I have lots of important information to share with you, and I also have resources to give you that you will utilize throughout your childs kindergarten year.  Don't miss it!

Where:  Mrs. Humphrey's Classroom

When: September 9, 2010 at 5:30PM

Learning About COLORS!

We have had so much fun studying colors and their names for the past two weeks.  By now, your child should be able to recognize ten differnt color words.  These colors are: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, white and black. 

With each color we learned a song.  Here is the song we learned about the color BLUE.