Happy October! This month flew by as students continued to learn about and practice the rules and procedures for Daily 5, Math Stations, and Center Time! We also had several special events this month!
Students have learned and practiced each part of Daily 5. These include: Read to Self, Read to Someone, Listening to Reading, Word Work, and Work on Writing. Now that students are comfortable and independent (mostly) with each part they will do two each day, during Daily 5/RTI while myself and Mrs. Dellea meet with small groups of students to work on specific skills.
Read to Self
Read to Someone
Listening to Reading
Word Work
Math Stations
We do math stations about 3 times a week. Each station helps to build number sense as students work on reading, writing, and exploring numbers in different ways.
During October, math stations included: Station 1-a Happy Fall color code activity. Students had to read the number and color the picture according to the color that matched the number. This activity was great for number reading and color matching. Station 2- Playdough Numbers. At this station, students practiced reading numbers, using playdough to build that number, and making playdough balls to fill in a ten frame. Station 3- Halloween Count and Graph. At this station, students practiced counting objects, graphing how many, writing the number, and then comparing. Station 4- Counting On
During October, we learned about pumpkins and had Pumpkin Day! The PTO set up a pumpkin patch near the back circle and each student got to choose a pumpkin. Then during math time we did a pumpkin exploration. The students carefully observed their pumpkins using magnifying glasses; drew a picture of their pumpkin; used cubes to measure the height; used links to measure the circumference; counted the lines; determined if their pumpkin was small, medium, or big compared to our class pumpkins; and finally tested their pumpkin in water to see if it would float or sink.
In October, we also had the Boosterthon which helped raise money for all of the amazing field trips and programs we have during the school year. This year's theme was Grandland Adventure and each day during lunch, the students learned about one of the amazing National Parks in our country. After a week of fundraising and fun daily activities with our Boosterthon reps, all of the students participated in the Fun Run. It was indeed, so much fun!
We ended October with Halloween fun. The students participated in a Halloween parade in the morning and then in the afternoon a classroom party with yummy snacks and fun games.
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