Second Week of Pumpkins and Fall

This week we continued to learn about pumpkins and how leaves change colors in the fall. We learned about the letter Bb, worked more on our teen numbers, and talked more about the parts of a shape (sides, vertices, etc.).

 

We practiced our letter recognition and beginning sound skills by putting together letter puzzles.

We also did a letter collage where the children looked at each picture, determined if it started with the letter Bb, circled the picture if it did and crossed it out if it didn't. Then, they cut the letter Bb pictures and glued them to their letter Bb page.

We also did a letter Bb practice book where the children practiced skills like differentiating between uppercase and lowercase Bbs, writing the letter Bb, reading words that start with a Bb, and drawing pictures of things that start with a Bb.

To practice our teen numbers, the children got a set of teen number flashcards and stickers. They then decided what number was on the front of the card and added that many stickers to the back. If they couldn't recognize the number, we encouraged them to look at the 1 on the front, put 10 stickers on the back, then look at the second part of the number on the front and add that many more stickers to the back. For example, if the number on the card was 17, they would put 10 and 7 more stickers on the back.

We also did a 4-day long art project. We watercolor painted a fall tree...

Punched fall colored holes, glued them on...

Then added buttons!

Finally, we introduced story elements and started talking about the parts of a story!

 

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Poyzer

Pumpkins Week One

This week was the first week of our Pumpkins unit. We talked a lot about the life cycle of a pumpkin in addition to the letter Hh, teen numbers, and the words he and she.

 

We cut open a pumpkin and explored the inside. We saved some of the pumpkin seeds to roast for cooking then filled the pumpkin with dirt then predicted what would happen if we watered the pumpkin.

 

We practiced our cutting skills by making some orange "pumpkin" lanterns to hang up for a fall decoration. 

 

 

We started our shapes focus by not only reviewing our basic shapes but also by introducing some new math vocabulary.

 

 We learned what the words "side" and "vertex" (or corner) mean in terms of shapes then practiced making shapes with colored popsicle sticks.

 

 

After introducing the letter Hh, we made an H is for House craft to add to our craft books.

 

We also learned to differentiate between uppercase and lowercase Hh by sorting them out.

 

We practiced our new sight words: he and she.

 

For cooking, the children helped get seeds out of a pumpkin, wash them off, then roast them in a toaster oven before taste testing them. 

They loved them!

 

We also practiced our teen numbers by doing a few pages in our teen numbers book. The children got to use one-hole paper punches to punch ten frames to correspond to the number on each page.

 

We also talked about different ways to make 10 (pictures, ten frames, base ten blocks, etc.)

 

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Poyzer