PLUMS CLASS

    NOVEMBER      Another month has flown by in the Plums Class!! During the month of November, we learned all about Fall and Turkeys.      We worked hard on our math skills! The students sorted leaves by color and size. They made patterns with leaves and acorns. We made a fall tree by cutting out different color leaves (their cutting skills are improving) and counting the different colors, then graphing the colors. We discussed the concept of more/less. We worked on shape identification by playing Where is the Turkey (hiding behind different shapes)?  We worked on counting and number identification during story time, when we read 10 Fat Turkeys.        We also worked hard on Literacy skills. We worked on spelling their names with leaves. We also worked on letter matching, letter identification and beginning sounds.      We read The Leaf Man  and the st...

           Happy Halloween!!! I cannot believe we are already at the end of October. It has been another fun filled month in the Plums class. We focused on the Farm during the month of October.              We started the month talking about apples. We learned about the parts of an apple, the life cycle of an apple, where apples grow, etc. We had an apple taste test, made apple sauce and tried apple cider. During math small group we worked on making patterns with apples and sorting apples by color and then by size.  The Dramatic Play Center was changed into a Farmer's Market. The students LOVED working and shopping at the Farmer's Market.        We then focused on animals that live on the farm and things that grow on the farm. We read When the Leaf Blew In , The Big Red Barn & Apples and Pumpkins . During math small groups, we worked on sorting farm anim...