Recently, we began a cross-curricular exploration of leaves. We began our study during Discovery by observing leaves. The children looked at color, shape, and texture. This provided another opportunity for the children to be scientists and practice the skills scientists use every day. Following up on our leaf observations, we examined a collection of leaves to again notice important characteristics. We used what we noticed to sort these leaves into categories. This is another important scientific skill worth practicing. We read another book by our author/illustrator of the month, Lois Ehlert, called Leaf Man. In this story, the leaf man travels across the world passing by lots of different sights including orchards, ponds, and fields. One of the most interesting parts is how Lois illustrates her pages, using leaf collages to represent animals, objects, and scenery. Inspired by her work, we created our own collages out of leaves we gathered from around our school. The children came up with a variety of different creative ideas, and we have compiled them into our own K105 Leaf Man book. In Math, we revisited a familiarly formatted word problem. This time, the children had to look for combinations of red and yellow leaves. Many children are now starting to find more and more combinations. We will return to this format over the course of the year, building skills as we go. As we wrapped up our study of leaves, we used our combined knowledge to create leaf pile displays. We used a variety of leaf stencils that echoed some of the different types of leaves we had observed. We also talked about the colors of leaves in the fall, using water colors to mix and combine and make our piles reflect this. The children created beautiful creations, which we have happily displayed. In Reading, we have continued to build our identities as readers and expand our skill set. We introduced an important concepts that are relevant to many stories and will be a thread throughout the year: character, setting, and problem. We defined what each term meant, thinking together about finding these concepts in some of our old favorite storybooks. We then read The Thanksgiving Treat. The children were challenged to find these three concepts in this new text, and they rose to the occasion! We have also been building towards decoding and encoding more and more. We have been expanding our letter/sound relationship knowledge as well as our repertoire of sight words. We have been using these skills to write more and more. Recently we wrote about what we are thankful for. It's wonderful to see how the children have employed their growing knowledge in their writing! We have been thinking about how we can gain even more from the books we are reading. One thing we have begun to do is mark "wow pages" in learn about the world books. The children use sticky notes to indicate a page they find particularly interesting, and then have the opportunity to share their wow pages with their partners during partner reading time. The children have been working incredibly hard during Writing. As mentioned, they have been using their skills to write more and more conventionally. They are also working on honing their craft and developing their storytelling. We have been keeping track of all the things we've learned that writers do. To celebrate all their hard work, the children participated in a writing share. They each chose a story they had written that they felt proud of. They spent some time revising their stories using all the skills they'd learned. Finally, we split into two groups and the children had the opportunity to share their work with their group. We talked about how writers support each other, and one way to do so is to respond to others' writing. The children offered questions, comments, compliments, and connections in response to their peers' pieces. In Math, we have continued working on the concept of comparing. We returned to an old familiar tool: inventory bags. Previously, we had focused on using our counting skills to find out how many objects were in each bag. This time, we counted the objects in two different bags and compared, deciding which bag had more objects. We have also moved on to a new concept, ordering. First, we defined the idea as putting things from smallest to largest. We circled back through many of the activities we had done while learning about comparing, this time making the shift to ordering. For example, we played a version of Grab and Count, Grab and Count: Ordering. This time, the children grabbed four different handfuls. They made towers to help them order, allowing them to both count the number of cubes and compare the length of their towers to help them put their handfuls in order. Later, we took back out our number cards and worked on taking four cards and putting them in order. The children have taken well to this new concept. We have continued to do important learning during TEAM Meeting. Through a Donors Choose project, the class received a collection of new books to add to our classroom library. The books included important ideas around social-emotional learning, family, and diversity. We read one of the books, All Our Welcome, and talked about now matter who you are, where you're from, what you believe in, or how you look you are welcome at our school. We look forward to reading more of these books over the course of the year. One day during Discovery, the children were introduced to a "mystery object". They were charged to use their skills as scientists to observe and draw the object, guess what it was, and decide whether or not it was a living thing. There were many great guesses, including garlic, onion, pepper, squash and cocoon. Eventually, we did find out that the object is actually a bulb and that it is a living thing. We talked about what it needs in order to grow, including water, sunlight, food, and oxygen. We planted two bulbs, and will be spending time over the coming weeks observing as they grow. Even though it's not officially winter yet, we certainly had some winter weather! The children enjoyed spending time outside during the recent snowy days. Favorite activities included catching the falling snowflakes and rolling snowballs for snow people. Click for more photos!
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