I cannot wait to tell you about our construction site transformation we had this week! It was awesome! What better way to blend the study of a community helpers with our math and reading concepts! In math students participated in: Laying Down Ten Frame Bricks- Building numbers using 10 frames. Students will use Cheez-itz as blocks to fill in ten frames for numbers up to 20. Students will realize that teen numbers are a group of ten and a certain amount of ones. Building Teen Number Towers- Students will take the teen number cards and using the unifix cubes build a structure that is as tall as the number. They should realize teen numbers are a group of ten and a certain amount of ones. When they are done they should sort and order the towers. Tool count and wet cement writing- Count the amount of screws and write the amount of screws with play-dough to practice forming numbers to 20. Students should remember not to reverse the numbers and remember that teen numbers begin with a 1 and also that 20 is a 2 and a 0 (tricky for some). In ELA/reading the students participated in: Paving Roads and Blending Sounds- Use the short a word family cards to help students learn how to blend words together. Use a small bulldozer to roll across the road and pronounce each sound. Wet cement- students will practice writing short a family words by writing the words with play-dough using a multi-sensory approach Building words- Students will build different words within the short a word family using the magnetic letters and record the words on the recording sheet provided. The students had such an awesome time this week experiencing hands-on community helper adventures!!! At science lab the students got to listen to stethoscopes like doctors, spray down a "burning building" like a firefighter, and investigate fingerprints like the police!!! It was AWESOME!
Speaking of our community helpers unit please remember that the Community Project is due on October 4th: 1. Talk with your child about the different buildings that are found in a community ie. Post Office, Grocery Store, and Police Station and decide which building your student wants to create. 2. Collect objects from home to help create their building. Some items might include a shoebox for the base, cotton balls, cloth, small boxes, toilet paper rolls, etc. (Please do not go buy items, use what you have at home.) Students are welcome to use figurines and toy cars as a part of their building.
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