We have been working on sorting and classifying during morning meeting, and this week there is a sorting and classifying work station. So far we have been looking at the different ways we can organize a set of objects into two groups. The children really enjoy doing this and I am always surprised by the categories that I didn't think of. Soon we will apply this to rocks. (Time sensitive subjects like caterpillars, leaves, and autumn have pushed this back!) If your child happened to collect rocks this summer send them in any time. If not I have a large collection so we will have plenty to sort.

Today during Fundations I introduced the letters c and a. Finally we have a vowel which allowed us to start creating words. I sent home the letter formation directions and also a blank Fundations writing page in your child's red folder. I know some students have enjoyed practicing writing at home.

We have also spent some time talking about sentences and how they are made up of groups of words with some kind of end punctuation. Some children have begun to try sentences during writer's workshop, using the beginning sound for each word.

As of now the weather looks good for our field trip on Friday. We will be leaving at 8:30 and taking a bus to the Green Mountain Club. We will be back for lunch.