Reading groups, Labeling, Five Senses, and Fall Fun!

This was a big week for our class!  We started practicing our reading group and center time.  Each day when we meet for reading groups students will move through three different rotations.

For one rotation they will work at independent learning centers which include a: reading center, writing center, phonics center, listening center, iPad center, math center, science/social studies center, and an art center.

For another rotation students will work on seat work at their tables.  Usually this seat work will have to do with our letter of the week.  When finished students will be able to read a book from their table's book bin.

The other rotation students will work in will be up in the front of the classroom where they will either receive reading instruction from me or work on some sort of literacy activity as a small group.

In writing this week we learned all about labeling.  Students learned that labeling is adding a picture to a word to add/get information.  

On Thursday students had a chance to label me using post-it notes.

They also each labeled their own picture using typed out words.

Today we worked together as a class to draw a picture and then labeled the picture together as a group.

All week long we've been learning about the five senses.  We began on Tuesday by learning about our sense of hearing.  We went on hearing walk outside and through the school and then played a hearing guessing game.

On Wednesday we used our sense of touch to feel things that felt hard, soft, rough, and smooth.  Students also had a chance to use only their sense of touch to figure out the objects in many different mystery bags.

Yesterday we learned all about our sense of taste.  We started by labeling the different taste zones on the tongue.

Then we did a taste test.  Students tasted salty pretzels, bitter unsweetened chocolate, sweet M&Ms, and sour candy.

After the taste test students shared with each other about what they like best and least.

Here's our new fall bulletin board.

And lastly a few pictures of the whole class enjoying yesterday's beautiful fall weather.