Speaking of predicting, we practiced that skill all week. Our mentor text, which just means story that we use as a base for lessons, was Edward the Emu. I love this rhyming story. Edward lives at the zoo and decides being an Emu is a bore so tries being other animals. By the end of the story, he realizes he should just be himself. We followed that book up with Edwina the Emu. She went out looking for a job. Be sure to ask you child how her job search went. In addition, we read a non-fiction text and watched videos of real Emus. We took the new information and wrote a paragraph, then drew an emu. Super fun.
We played a noun sort game and "around the room" deciding whether or not each sentence was written correctly. Pete the Cat is one of my favorite storybook characters. We enjoyed lots of his adventures. Who doesn't love singing and grooving along with Pete? It's also fun to look for his little bird friend in the illustrations.
Math was a hit this week. We played two math games in small groups, shark attack and a popcorn math doubles game. Great addition practice.
Important, this Thursday is a half day. Dismissal will be at 12:30. Tune in next week, I promise to post some pictures of our class in action.
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