Letter I day brought about a discussion on short and long vowel sounds. We have students named Ian and Izaak, which make different I sounds, but I was glad to know that they already noticed the beginning letter of their friend's names. Students made name inchworms by tracing and cutting circles and then writing one letter of their name per circle. They turned out cute and will be decorating our room for a few days.

In math, we practiced the concepts over, under, and through by first reading the book Going on a Bear Hunt, and then acting it out. It was lively and fun. We practiced singing our color songs: blue and red. I posted a link to the lyrics to the color songs on the class web site under "Links for Parents." The red and blue songs are exactly the same as the ones we sing in class. Some of the other color songs have different words.

There will be hearing screenings on Monday. Have a great weekend!