Lessons Learned

In the month of October we are learning:
*Spelling*
-Consonant sounds
-2 and 3 letter blend sounds: cr, sl, sw, tr, shr, str, ect.
-2 vowel rule words: (a w/ another vowel) cake, wave, trade, plate
                     (e w/ another vowel) weep, seen, sleep, Pete
                     (i w/ another vowel) dive, time, drive, strike
                     (o w/ another vowel) hope, note, slope, rode
                     (u w/ another vowel) cute, tune, glue, use
-Reading simple sentences

*Language*
-Discussing Nursery Rhymes
-Story sequence (placing pictures in the correct order of events)
-Block Lesson (students use the blocks to learn vocabulary ie. 
switch, above, below, apart, reverse, etc.)


*Literature*
-Practice our poem for the assembley
-Read: Happy Birthday Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle


*Printing*
-0-9
-Letters: c, a, d, g, q, o, e, s, l, h, m, n, i, j, k, f
-Initials
-Name

*Reading*
-Listening for beginning, middle, and ending sounds in words.
-Starting our first reading book "I See" Oct. 19th!

*Math*
-Graphing
-More, fewer
-Some and Some More
-Some and Some Went Away
-Pennies
-Numbers to the 6th place
-Number sentences
-Adding double numbers to 18
-Counting the number of sides and angles per shape
-AB Patterns

*Independent Seatwork*
-Color, Cut, and Paste
-Printing 0-9
-Math Fact sheets (doubles)
-Sounds at the beginning of words
-Shapes
-Printing Name

*All of these wonderful new lessons can be practiced at home*

Quotes discussed this month:
"A chattering bird builds no nest." -African Proverb