This week has been busy and full of new experiences! We have been working on the five senses and our body. We learned about our bones and how they work and more importantly what they look like. In class, we examined some real x-ray pictures. The class compared them with their own bodies. We also looked at what all the x-ray pictures created when put together! I think we may have scared Clifford with the 5 foot tall assembled skeleton! (Check out the pictures below!)
We examined our spine and discovered that it is not just one long bone, but several bones that are spaced to let us move and wiggle! In conclusion, we created a paper spine to attach to our shirts. What fun!
We began working with number sentences and adding numbers horizontally as well as vertically. We discovered working with zero is quite easy!
This week we also concentrated on beginning sentences with a capital letter and ending with a punctuation mark. The kids had a blast correcting me and “teaching” me how to correctly form sentences.
In our Wordly Wise series, we worked with new vocabulary words and searched for pictures representing them.
We have concluded our reading unit, “Colors All Around”. The children have all learned the colors songs so well! With the help of the songs, we have learned to spell and to read the color words. I am impressed at how quickly they have succeeded! Encourage them to sing the different songs to you! We know RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, PURPLE, BLACK, BROWN, and PINK.
