We started out our day today with Mrs. Mary reading a story to the boys an girls. Mrs. Mary is a para who comes into our room everyday from about 8:30-9:45, to help me prepare materials and to help students while I am working individually with others (today I was pulling children aside to do a beginning of the year assessment).
We reviewed the letter M and the word "I," and then the letter S was introduced. The students used their white boards to practice forming the s. We then did a writing activity practicing our s's as well as m's. Along with this, the students had a worksheet with lots of items on it and they had to only color the ones that started with m! This revealed a 'hidden picture,' which turned out to be the letter m :)
In math we talked about the scenes of '4' we drew (everything they drew had to be drawn 4 times!). We then learned how to write the number 1 (straight line down!) and two (half a heart and straight line across). We talked about how numbers are written starting at the top, just like letters.
We ended the day by doing an activity called "Erase-a-Rhyme." I read a short poem and students help me finish each line of the poem by filling in the rhyming word. As we do this, I draw a picture or the students help me erase a picture according to the poem (i.e. "This poem is going to be a lot of fun, but first we must erase the___("sun!")
You may be noticing some fun 'coloring pages' coming home. This week these, along with reading quietly on the carpet, have been an option for students when they have finished all their work. :)