Happy Thanksgiving!

The 6th Age celebrated Thanksgiving my performing in a Pilgrim/ Native American play last Wednesday for Grandparents and families. 6D made their own Native American headdresses, vests, and necklaces. We even got our faces painted! I am so proud of you for being brave on stage, singing loudly for all to hear, and for remembering your lines. You all did a terrific job! Take a peak at us performing "Oh, Beautiful" below.

Fine Motor

We have been strengthening the muscles in our hands and practicing our handwriting by creating letters by using shaving cream, paint, pipe cleaners, and beans. We were in small groups and rotated to different areas of the room to complete this project. Can you guess which letters were created using each material?

Timeline

As a teacher of young children I am often asked about time. How long is reading? How long is the school year? How long is a month? What month comes after this one? Time can be a hard concept to explain, but a yearly timeline has proved helpful for students. The timeline begins with the month of September (when school starts). Icons or symbols for each month are placed below the name of each month. The students now have a reference area in the room to answer many of their questions about time!

The 6D Tree: The Season of Fall!

The 6D students visited their class tree last week. We noticed how much the tree has changed in the past few weeks: the leaves are changing colors and falling off the tree, not to mention we needed to wear a warm jacket when we were coloring our picture for our journals. We are looking forward to visiting our tree in the seasons of winter and spring this year.

The Loop Game

The Sixth Age readers play a variety of games at the beginning of class, to refresh their brains with vowel sounds or sight words previously studied. A favorite game to play is called the "loop game". To play, a student reads their card. A new word is read at the end, to which a new student reads their card. The loop game ends when all students have read their cards and the loop returns to the first student. Reading begins with "I have (blank). Who has (blank)?" We have been studying the short /o/ sound, and here is an /ock/ family loop. The readers did a terrific job!

Halloween

Halloween was celebrated on Friday at Calvert! The Man With the Yellow Hat stopped by 6D with George- he was being very curious and really enjoyed the mid-morning party. I hope all of my 6D friends had a safe Halloween and enjoyed time trick-or-treating with friends and family.

Soccer Excitement

This weekend I went to a soccer game of two students (luckily they were on the same team, so I didn't have to do double duty in the cheering section). What excitement and energy they had as goaley and offender! Thanks for letting me spend this time with you:)