This week we continued to work on our Michael Heggerty Phonemic Awareness program and Jolly Phonics. The letter sounds we focused on were p & n. We also reviewed the sounds of s, a, t, & i. We sorted pictures by beginning sound. In reading we read stories such as, The City Mouse and The Country Mouse, Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? and From Head To Toe. The skills we focused on were compare/contrast, left to right, top to bottom directionality, and noting details. We also worked on using describing words and storytelling. In handwriting we continued to work on pencil grip and began making letter F, the first of the "frog jump" capital letters. The class went into our computer lab and were introduced to Imagination Station, a computer reading program that we use. In math we finished up our chapter on sorting by color, size and shape. We had our first fire drill of the year and did a great job! The students also enjoyed having outdoor recess, gym and library. It was a great week!