City vs. Country

Today we started to talk about where we live. For morning work the kids used pattern blocks to make different shapes and pictures. After they completed their picture they tried to build a house with the blocks. Some of the houses were big and others were little.

During morning circle we talked about the calendar. We practiced the days of the week, months of the year and counting. We reviewed our everyday words as a group. We also practiced the sound brother pairs (lip poppers and tip tappers). We introduced a new sound brother pair...the throat scrappers. To make the /k/ and /g/ sound our tongue scrapes the back of our mouth.

Our story today was "Milly and Tilly" by Kate Summers. Milly lives in the country and Tilly lives in the city. Each mouse is curious to see where the other lives. But when Tilly visits Milly, she misses the city. And when Milly visits Tilly, she misses the country, and is terrified of the cat who lives in the house with Tilly. They agree to stay friends, but at their own houses. After ready the story we talked about things we find in the city and the country. In the city we have tall buildings and lots of traffic. In the country we have fields of flowers, farms and sheep.

To continue our conversation about the city and the country we made a venn diagram for science. The kids sorted the items by things we see in the country, in the city or in both the country and the city. In the country we find farms, cows and tractors. In the city we find walk signs, sky scrappers, and buses. We find people and cars in both the country and the city.

For our writing centers today the kids wrote in their journals, practiced the letter "H", and made letters with magnetic strips. Then it was time for lunch. Everyone was very hungry today!

Tomorrow we are going on our first Out and About....don't forget to wear your t-shirts!