We enjoyed a great deal of time learning outdoors today, which was nice as the weather is getting cooler. This morning we learned the names of 3D shapes and how to identify them by faces, edges and vertices. We went out to the playground and went on a hunt for different shapes. It was a lot of fun. After Math and Daily 5, we had our most difficult phonics lesson of the year, reading the many different sounds that 'ough' makes. We focused on the long and short 'o' sounds, the 'uff' and the 'ow' sounds. These are the most prominent of the 9 sounds these letters make when together. In order to practice reading different words that have 'ough' in them, we went outside and played a game of 'ough' twister. It was a great way to read, get moving, and have fun! Please enjoy the attached pictures of our little ones contorting themselves in order to reach different words with their hands and feet. Some of the words we were reading were: enough, rough, tough, though, thought, brought, bought, cough, trough, fought, and dough. Practice reading these tricky words at home with your child. When we returned inside after stretching ourselves out, we read a book about communities around the world, and discussed the many different communities that we are a part of; classroom, school, family, clubs, religious, neighbourhood, country and global. After identifying our different communities, we discussed what a citizen is, and came up with a long list of qualities that super citizens have in all communities. We are all striving to be super citizens, at home, school, and in our neighbourhoods.
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