Good Afternoon!
Lucy interacted with syllable clip cards this morning. She used two methods to figure out how many syllables were in each word; the clapping method and the hand-under-the-chin method! She commented, “Fish only has one syllable but if I called him ‘fishy’, he’d have two syllables.” She used her knowledge of syllables to help her younger friends in large group.
K.RF.3.2: Orally segment words into syllables.
In large group, we read ‘Ladybug Girl and the Best Play Date Ever’. After, we reviewed what syllables are. Grady and Anna both asked how we figure out how many syllables are in a word so Lucy took it upon herself to explain. Once we were all on the same page, we separated our class into two groups: names with two syllables and names with three syllables. For each name, we double checked our self by using BOTH methods; the hand-under-the-chin method and the clapping method. At the end, many friends shared their observations: We have way more friends with two syllables in their name as opposed to three!
Salt was the focus of an experiment that we did this morning. Miss Kim and several friends gathered around the art table to discuss why we use salt on the sidewalks during the winter time. Lucy shouted, “So we don’t slip!”.
In one bucket, we painted ice cubes with paint INCLUDING salt while the other bin of ice cubes was just painted with regular paint. Our end objective was to see if the paint including the salt made the ice melt faster.
The rest of the morning was spent at the art easel, at the art table where we sorted animals based on their habitats, and creating our own patterns! It was an active, engaging morning.
Breakfast– Whole grain cheerios and banana.
Lunch– Hummus on whole wheat flatbread, banana/clementines, and fresh carrots/cucumber.
PM snack– Whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and block cheddar cheese.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots/cucumber.
Have a great evening!
-Mindy
Link to pictures: WF 1/16