Miss Bethel’s class
Weekly Newsletter- Volume 12
October 31, 2011
In math, we started a new unit working the counting by 10’s and adding on the extra ones. We have been working on making 10 sticks, which is doing a straight line for each ten and then drawing circles for the ones place. For example if we had the number 37, we would do 3 ten sticks (straight lines) and then do 5 circles on top and 2 underneath it. We do 5 and 2, so we can quickly add 5+2 to give us 7. Doing the ten stick saves a lot of time, so we don’t have to count up 10 each time, but instead can count by ten.
In writing, we have had so many fun things happening, like our Fun Run, our field trip, and Pumpkin day! So we have been working on writing stories about each of these things. We are working on being specific about where and when the event took place and making sure to include lots of specific details so our reader understands what we did and can picture it in their head.
In Wilson Fundations, we have been working on double bonus letters and the glued sounds /all/, /am/, and /an/. With the double bonus letters, these are letters that we double and these letters come at the end of each quadrant. They are f, l, s, and sometimes z. We do not tap out this sound, but we do have to double it up when a short vowel comes before that letter. For example, if we had the word mess, we would only tap out /m/, /e/, and the first /s/. For the glued sounds, these are sounds that we tap out together. For example, if we had the word fall, it would only have two sounds to tap out /f/ and then /all/. So when we tap out a glued sound, it looks like a wolf pack with the middle and ring finger together to tap out.
Pumpkin Day- We had a great time doing lots of activities with the pumpkins. We first made great observations by touching, listening, smelling, and watching the pumpkins. Then we made estimations about the weight of them, then found the circumference around the pumpkin, found out if they sink or float, and then counted the seeds. The Cinderella pumpkin weighed 30 pounds, but only had 34seeds! Wow! Then in the afternoon, we go to try lots of food made from pumpkins. We loved pumpkin day!
Important Information:
- THANK YOU PARENTS! - Thank you parents for all that you have done this year. A special thank you to our volunteers that came in to help with Pumpkin Day! Also, thank you so much for your willingness to donate items for our Pumpkin Day. It was such a huge success and we had so much fun! Thank you again!
