For the last several weeks we have been practicing building words using magnet letter tiles and then tapping each sound to decode the words.  I tell students the sounds for the word one at a time and they locate each letter to build the word before we tap the sounds with our fingers and then read the words.  This is providing good practice finding letters arranged in alphabetical order and hearing all of the sounds in a word, a skill that carries over to writing.

Building words with letter tiles.

As we wrap up our geometry unit, students worked in teams to create posters for 2 different shapes. They had to write at least one sentence about the shape and then show examples of the shape.  While this was designed to tell me what they have learned about each shape, it was also a wonderful opportunity to practice cooperation and compromise.

On Monday we celebrated our 100th day of school.  Children had fun trying to count collections of 100 things, making 100's crowns, and searching for pictures with objects up to 100.  We will celebrate Valentine's Day next Friday, February 12th!