September Class Activities

Language Arts                 

Apples **Johnny Appleseed, Color words**

All About Me **My Birthday,  Family, Friends, Pets, Favorite Foods** 

Some Books we read this month are..... 

The Birthday Cake, Houses,  In the Mirror and I am Frightened 

of......all by Joy Cowley    

Letter/Sounds we focus on this month...

Aa, Mm, Cc, and Hh

Mathematics  

Patterns using different colors **i.e. red apple, yellow apple, red apple, yellow apple, etc.**

Patterns using different shapes **circle, square, circle, square, circle, etc.**

Identifying Shapes **circles, squares, triangles and rectangles** 

Writing Activities        

Focus is on making sticks, circles using the correct lines, writing his/her first name and the letter of the week.  In October, there will be more time spent on journal writing activities which encourage the students to begin using "invented" spelling and illustrations.

Some of our favorite recipes for this month are...

Crockpot applesauce  - this includes 25 apples (any color), 3 cups of sugar and some red hot candies...simmering in the crockpot  on high for 2-3 hours....it sure does make the classroom smell yummy all day!    

Purple Cow shakes! - this simple recipe combines 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream in a cup with some grape soda ! MOO! 

THIS WEEK'S SECRET QUESTION IS:  WHAT COLOR WAS SCAT THE CAT AT THE END OF THE STORY?

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