Today was filled with many new learning experiences! I’m going to highlight the most memorable ones for me.
Math may not have gone exactly as planed (but does anything ever go exactly as we think it will?!) The new unit for math, that was introduced today, is sorting. Eventually the students will focus on sorting shapes but for today, the broad concept of what it means to sort items into groups was taught. The class discussion quickly became geared towards laundry. This helped the students understand the definition of sorting as well as ways in which things can be sorted. Students were able to personally connect to the concept of sorting. For example, laundry is sorted into piles such as pants or shirts, socks or towels. After MUCH discussion and many student examples, the class understood that there are three main ways to sort items (or shapes). We can sort by: Color, Size, and Kind.
My favorite part of this discussion however, was when one of the students began explaining to the the class how to actually do laundry! It was unrelated to the math lesson but oh so cute.
During snack today, two of the students put the biggest smile on my face. They asked me if they could eat snack in my “office” today! I do not have an office, my desk is a small section of counter (but it’s perfect for my needs). To the students, it was a pretty big deal to eat snack there and an honor for me!
Handwriting was focused on the letter Zz. Students first worked on writing a capital and lowercase z. After their paper had been corrected, they use a Dot Dobber to stamp all of the z’s they could find on the letter mix-up sheet.
A few more introductions took place today as I met the school counselor and principal.
Tomorrow is pajama and teddy bear day! Needless to say, the students are a bit excited (and so am I :)
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