October...

Sound of the Week

Last week's Sound of the Week was /T/. Our friend Leila brought in items from home such as a top, a train, a twig, a teapot, toilet paper, a tea bag, a toothbrush, a toad, a tiger, a tree, and a train track. After reviewing the items that Leila brought in, we read the book, When Tilly the Turtle Came to Tea. Then, we brainstormed other words that begin with the /T/ sound. These words were; tape, towel, table, today, tiny, toast, touch, turtle, tick tock, television, take, ten, turkey, Tuesday, take, tablecloth, Tilly, tag, and toaster. For our letter T activity, we made turtles. They were a lot of fun.

Sound of the Week with Leila!

 

This week's Sound of the Week is /D/. Our friend Lucey was delighted to share what she brought in to display on our Sound of the Week board. She brought in a dollar, a piece of driftwood, a dinosaur, Darth Vader, a dime, a dress, a dragon, a diaper, a dog, and a doll. After we had gone over all of the items that Lucey brought in, we read the book, Detective Dog and the Disappearing Doughnuts. We then brainstormed more words that begin with the /D/ sound. Our list included words such as door, disappear, doughnut, dessert, dinner, detective, dance, dark, dirty, dentist, doctor, daddy, dash, etc. For our letter /D/ project, we made ducks and gave them names that begin with the letter D.

Sound of the Week with Lucey!

 

 

 

Vocabulary

This week during Vocabulary time, we learned that consonant vowel consonant (CVC) words have an initial (beginning), medial (middle), and ending sound. When we put these letters and sounds together, we can come up with words. We first need to focus on initial sounds, so we did a little bit of letter substitution. We began with the word CAT and used different letters to replace the initial sound /C/. We came up with words such as SAT, FAT, RAT, PAT, BAT, and MAT. At times we will use letters to make nonsense words as well. One example could be DAT.

 

Math

In math we were introduced to the number line, focusing solely on positive numbers 1-10. By using the number line, we will learn skills such as counting and comparing numbers, simple addition and subtraction.

We were also introduced to the concept of ways to make 5. Through our rainbow number graph, we learned that there are a few different ways to add numbers together to equal five (i.e. 0+5, 1+4, and 2+3).




Apple Tree project



Field trip to Sharp's Waterford Farm

 

Silent Walk during Meeting for Worship
During Meeting for Worship this week, the entire Lower School went on a Silent Walk around the pond and through the woods around the Community Farm. After the Silent Walk, we gathered in a circle in front of Walbrooke for reflection, and as usual, we ended Meeting for Worship with the song Go Well and Safely.

 

 

 

Lucey and Owen during their Family Share!

 

 

 

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