After recess we continued our new routine where the grade 2's do solo booktime and the grade 1's do some word practice. Most of the grade 2's are trying to pick beginning chapter books that they can keep in their desk so that they are ready to read everyday. The grade 1's worked on listening for the short 'a' sound as well as the beginning and ending sounds in 3-letter words like map, fan, rat, and car. We will be working on short vowel sounds and 3-letter words for the next few weeks.
This afternoon we started learning about creating a self-portrait. We read a story about Vincent Van Gogh and looked at some examples of self-portraits. Then, Mrs. Hamby did a demonstration to help us understand where to place our eyes, ears, nose, and mouth on our page so that our portrait will look realistic. We will be spending the next few days working on our own self-portraits as part of our "Guess Who" project.
As you know, we participated in Beakerhead last week. Here is the final video that was submitted by the school. It was tricky to capture the whole project in only 30 seconds but thanks to the expertise of Ashton's dad Matt the video is pretty amazing!
Parents: Please help your child to remember to bring raincoats and other appropriate clothing for the weather so that everyone is ready for recess. As we begin bringing more supplies and clothing to school it is a great idea to ensure that everything is clearly labelled with your child's name. We have several students with similar coats, shoes, water bottles, mittens, and even backpacks so labels really help us avoid confusion and return misplaced items quickly.
