I haven't had a chance to post in the last few days. I will catch everyone up on what we have been studying:
Reading: In reading, we focused on ending sounds. Since we focus so much on beginning sounds, it is hard for them to listen for ending sounds. For example, I would hold up a picture card of an "elevator" and the students had to tell me the final sound of /r/. They were really good at it, but sometimes wanted to say the beginning sound. We will continue to practice this.
Math: We were practicing using the words most, least, greatest, fewest, more, and less, when comparing objects in a set, on a graph, or in a table. The idea is to increase their vocabulary. Most of the students are familiar with more, less, greatest, and most. They get stuck on least and fewest. I guess we don't use those words in our everyday lives as much as the other comparison words. If you are a parent reading this, please try to practice comparing everyday objects with your child and asking him/her, "which has the fewest?" and/or "which has the least?" This could be done fairly easily while you are at the grocery, ballgame, or a restaurant.
Science: We are still studying plant science. We will finish plant science this week and begin animal science next week. We started another small experiment, and I will post pictures soon. The experiment is simple-- we placed celery in a tub of blue (food coloring) water. We are to observe how the water slowly disappears as the celery soaks it up its stem. Also, the celery will slowly turn a shade of blue as the colored water is absorbed into the leaves of the celery. This is to prove to the kids that plant stems take water up to their leaves and this helps them live. This is to go along with the lesson "What are the parts of a plant?" (roots, stem, leaves, flower, fruit, seeds)
I hope to post again tomorrow. Have a great weekend!
Reading: In reading, we focused on ending sounds. Since we focus so much on beginning sounds, it is hard for them to listen for ending sounds. For example, I would hold up a picture card of an "elevator" and the students had to tell me the final sound of /r/. They were really good at it, but sometimes wanted to say the beginning sound. We will continue to practice this.
Math: We were practicing using the words most, least, greatest, fewest, more, and less, when comparing objects in a set, on a graph, or in a table. The idea is to increase their vocabulary. Most of the students are familiar with more, less, greatest, and most. They get stuck on least and fewest. I guess we don't use those words in our everyday lives as much as the other comparison words. If you are a parent reading this, please try to practice comparing everyday objects with your child and asking him/her, "which has the fewest?" and/or "which has the least?" This could be done fairly easily while you are at the grocery, ballgame, or a restaurant.
Science: We are still studying plant science. We will finish plant science this week and begin animal science next week. We started another small experiment, and I will post pictures soon. The experiment is simple-- we placed celery in a tub of blue (food coloring) water. We are to observe how the water slowly disappears as the celery soaks it up its stem. Also, the celery will slowly turn a shade of blue as the colored water is absorbed into the leaves of the celery. This is to prove to the kids that plant stems take water up to their leaves and this helps them live. This is to go along with the lesson "What are the parts of a plant?" (roots, stem, leaves, flower, fruit, seeds)
I hope to post again tomorrow. Have a great weekend!
