Thursday, September 8, 2011

Pete and Pine Hill




Last week, we sorted and counted bears during math work stations. 
The children use individual white boards to practice letter and numeral writing.
After completing the writing goal, they were allowed to draw freely!  I love a happy face! 


A Human Square 

The repetitive text of Pete The Cat allows the children to succeed in reading.  We also practiced reading color words during this activity.  A variety of pointers are used in our classroom.  They reinforce eye-hand coordination, assist in place-keeping, and help us to count words!


During Friday Fun, many of the children created a mode of transportation (this changed from train to airplane on a whim) and "moved" to Pine Hill.
You may recognize Pine Hill from our first reader, "New Friends".  I was thrilled to see and hear the children make text-to-self connections with our reading series!