Octopus Fun!

Greetings on this final full day of summer. Fall is definitely in the air.  We had a great start to our week. 

In Religion class we read the story of the angel Gabriel visiting Mary and telling her that she was to have God's son and name him Jesus. We talked about how Mary said 'yes' to God and how we should too. 

We began a new week of learning in Language Arts. We began by learning two new oral vocabulary words (cooperate and relationship). We then worked on asking and answering questions as we read Friends All Around. Following that, we learned how to blend and read short o words. Next, we learned our new sight words. With all of that new knowledge, it was time to put it to use. We read Toss! Kick! Hop!, a nonfiction piece about what friends do together. Finally, we practiced telling the difference between statements and questions. 

To end our morning, we had some short o fun. We made an octopus. On each leg, we wrote a short o word. The students really enjoyed having the octopuses on their desks this afternoon. 

In Math class today we began our chapter on addition. Today we practiced counting on to find the total. We built the addition problem using linking cubes and practiced counting on using them. We then switched to counting in our heads. 

This week we will be learning about apples. Each day we will learn something new all of which will lead to a big celebration on Friday. Today we focused on the life cycle of an apple. We made a spinning wheel to show how an apple grows. 

Have a great night!