A is for Apple

This week our focus letter was the letter A, which worked out perfectly since it was the week of Johnny Appleseed's birthday!

We got to taste red, green, and yellow apples to see which color we liked the best. We used tally marks and a bar graph to discuss which color apple most people liked and which color apple least people liked. Learning is always so much more fun when there is food involved! :)



If you can't tell by the expressions on their faces, this is when they tried the green apple. Ha!

       We made applesauce on Friday to end the week. They loved getting to help make it!

This is before I mashed it all up. Most of the class loved it! When they fill up our marble jar for good behavior we're going to have a party (it is ALMOST full!), and some of the kids asked if we could have applesauce at our party. Ha! If that is what they vote on we'll definitely have it. Afterall, they will have earned it AND it is healthy!

 

 

This week in math we've been learning about 1 and 2 more and 1 and 2 less, as well as different ways to make 5. These can be hard concepts for kids to grasp, so if an opportunity arises to discuss these concepts, please do! :) For example, I have 3 oreos and you only have 1. How many more oreos do I have? Using two different objects or colors can help students visualize different number combinations. For example, give your child 5 quarters. Tell them to shake the quarters and then drop the quarters. How many tails did you get? How many heads did you get? This can help them see different combinations to 5. We'll be working really hard on these skills in class! 

 

There are three triangles. There is one more square than there are triangles. We learned about vertices too.

 

                      There are five circles in the whole. Three are green and the other part is blue.

Each student had to roll a dice and then build a tower with that amount of cubes. They then had to compare their towers to determine who had more and who had less.

They worked as a team to create the alphabet without my help. Then two students at a time got to hop along the alphabet as everyone said the letter sound (/a/, /a/, /a/...) and danced.

I love how they love to learn! During snack the kids decided on their own to practice building the letter A with their pretzels. I was so proud of them! :)