What a Thursday!

It’s been a busy day in K-1! We did a fun Halloween measurement activity using cubes, and the class had such a great time with this hands-on math lesson! They loved sharing their measurements at the end as we compared the different pictures they measured. Everyone did a fantastic job — they’re becoming real measuring experts! We also did a Halloween counting activity, and the students had so much fun in math today!

In science, we are continuing to learn about weather! Today’s topic was wind, which built on our lesson from yesterday. We watched a video about wind and then drew pictures in our science journals showing what we might observe on a windy day. I loved all their detailed drawings — many included leaves blowing through the air, flags waving, and grass bending in different directions. They are having so much fun being little scientists! We also added to our weather journals, where we are tracking the weather throughout the month to look for patterns. I am so proud of all that we are learning each day and love the thoughtful discussions we have about our science topics!

This afternoon, we read a Halloween mini-book together. It was a story made up of sentences that used words containing all the letters we have learned in HMH. The students did an outstanding job reading the book with me, and I am so proud of how much they are all growing as readers! Today we practiced reading each page by “frog hopping” to each word with our reading finger to make sure we read every single one. We also talked about the different types of punctuation we saw on the pages and how we change our voices when we see a question mark or an exclamation point at the end of a sentence. Everyone did such a great job reading their book today! For homework tonight, I asked my kindergarten friends to read the book to two people at home and bring it back signed. They are so excited to read it to you and show off what wonderful beginner readers they are becoming!