Peeling Apples!

Yesterday your children helped the PiE group peel apples for the Harvest Dinner! PiE is our parent group and PiE stands for Partners in Education. To prepare the apple crisp, PiE parent Doug Stewart asked student helpers to wash and peel apples.  Some students washed while others learned how to put the apples on the fancy peeling machines! As the machines peel, they also slice and core! Who knew peeling apples could be so much fun?

Word Sorts

Each day your child participates in a Fundations lesson. Fundations is our phonics/spelling program. Our whole group lessons include letter/sound review, sound dictation, word dictation and sentence dictation. In addition, proper letter formation is taught and encouraged. Each week your child is given a word sort. Children cut out their word cards, read each card and then sort them according to the spelling pattern being taught. Different groups of kids have different sorts based on student needs. The activities are the same for all, though. Each day students read the words and sort. Depending on the day, children may complete a Draw and Label activity or play a game with their words or read a passage similar words.

Here are some pictures of children working with their sort cards!

Read Aloud

I took some pictures today of the class listening to Miss Carey, our student teacher, read a story. I love their expressions and the intensity with which they listen to stories! Our author of the month is Bill Peet and Miss Carey is reading Merle, the High Flying Squirrel!  Bill Peet is a wonderful story teller and his stories hold the interest of children while incorporating rich vocabulary.  If you've never had the opportunity to read any of his stories, I encourage you to pick a few out at the library!