Where Do We Live?

This morning we played alphabet bingo. The kids took turned picking letters out of a bag. Then they had to find the letter on their bingo board and cover it with a chip. During morning circle we talked about the calendar and practiced counting to 30. We also did writing centers in the morning. The kids wrote in the journals, practiced writing the letter "O", used the writing apps on the iPad and made letters with the magnetic strips.

 Our story today was "Where Do I Live?" by Neil Chesanow.  The book helps explain exactly where we live. It starts with their room, in their home, in their neighborhood, in their town, their state, their country-then moves out to the planet earth, the solar system, and the Milky Way galaxy. From there, children trace their way home again. After reading the story we talked about where we lived and learned some new vocabulary words...Milky Way, Earth, World, North American, United States, and North Carolina.

For art they made a pictures of where we live. First we live in the world, then we live in the United States, then we live in North Carolina and then we live in Charlotte. The kids followed directions to glue the pieces together in the correct order and labeled all the different places.

Before lunch time we practiced Sounds Around Town. We worked on the lip poppers, tip tappers, and throat scrapers. We talked about words the start with each letters.

After we ate lunch Jack M. brought show and tell to share with the class, since he wasn't here last Friday. He brought his soccer trophy! He told us about his uniform and how he listens to his coach.

Have a great weekend. I can't believe October starts on Tuesday!