Listening to Reading and Picture Day

It was a wet, rainy day here today which means we were inside for all of our recesses.  Inside recess can be fun, but it's also fun to get outside to play!

Today we learned about a new routine for our Daily Five literacy rotation, Listen to Reading.  In our classroom, we have a listening center with books and books on tape/cd.  We also will use Tumble Books to listen to reading this year.  Tumble books is an awesome web-based book site where you can listen to books.  You can also access Tumble Books from home. 

We began comparing numbers in math today using the words less than and more than.  We played Top-It to practice using these words with numbers.  You can play with any deck of cards from home too, ask your first grader to teach you! 

Thursday is Picture Day!  Please remember to send in your forms if you are ordering pictures.  Our picture time is 12:40 which will be after lunch and recess.  I will do my best to make sure we have clean faces and brushed hair, but please keep that time in mind when selecting your picture outfits!