Day 4

Today our Math Workshop lesson was on the square.
We discussed the attributes (characteristics) of a square and drew a square in our environment.

We also continued to explore our manipulatives while Mrs. Elkins and Mrs. Amos assessed letter names, letter sounds, numbers 0-20, and shapes.

After lunch we worked on our Color Rubric. 
What does good coloring look like?
We came up with these 4 things.
Adding details is a big deal.  The more detail in your pictures = more detail in your writing later on.  We discussed things like...
your arms and legs do not come out of your head, that you have a body
you are wearing clothes, put clothes on you in your picture
put hair on your person, etc

I always ask "Is your person standing in an empty, white room?" .  If not, you need to add details in the background of your picture. 

I also added you use the number of colors that match your age.  For example, if you are 4 your picture must have AT LEAST 4 colors, if you are 5 your picture must have AT LEAST 5 colors.

We also read Wemberley Worried.  Poor Wemberley worries about everything!  We made a list of things we worried about.  We finished the sentence starter- I worry about ______ and illustrated.

 

Wemberly Worried and The Kissing Hand

It was a lot of fun to talk about our feelings on the first day of school.  We read Wemberly Worried and The Kissing Hand.  After reading The Kissing Hand, we charted how we felt on the first day of school.  We used the sentence stem,  The first day of school I felt_________.  They were able to copy from the anchor chart.  It was interesting to watch them illustrate and finish their sentences. 

When we read Wemberly Worried,  we were able to talk about different things that worry us. Their ideas were charted and they completed the sentence starter, I worry about____________. 


I cannot wait to compare these writings to their writings at the end of the year.