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Subitize Rock (soo-bi-tize) | Math Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann

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Move and Add, Add and Move | Jack Hartmann Addition Song

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W&W The Harlem Renaissance (Brief History for Kids)

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W&W The Harlem Renaissance (Brief History for Kids)

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Twinkl Teaching Resources - United States

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The Harlem Renaissance for Kids | Black History | Twinkl USA

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Counting to 20 Song For Kids | Learn To Count From 1-20 | Pre-K - Kindergarten

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MISTER B’s Learning Hive Kids Songs Nursery Rhymes

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ABC song | Learn abcs | Watch the Letters phonics | music and movement |Letter Recognition

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Fan Reanimated Early 2018 Reuploaded Version 2 HD

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English Learning Town / BabyA Nursery Channel

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Beginning sounds by BabyA Nursery Channel

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#Stayathome - Alphablocks Level One | Letter Sounds - SATP | #HomeSchooling

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One of our five senses is the sense of smell! Students created sensory jars with different scents.

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W&W SENSES: Lesson 14 Act Out the Text support

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W&W SENSES: Lesson 14 Act Out the Text support

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Red Sunset Afterglow on a Remote Beach with Calm Ocean Waves | Relaxing ASMR for Deep Sleep | 3H 4K

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MATH: Unit 3 Lesson 2: One More One Less

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MATH: Unit 3 Lesson 2: One More One Less

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Number Neighbors Song | Missing Numbers | One More, One Less

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Learning More and Less: Fun Math for Preschool, Kindergarten and All Kids!

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W&W SENSES: Last Stop on Market Street Bus Video

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W&W SENSES: Last Stop on Market Street Bus Video

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Bus Videos For Children | Gecko's Real Vehicles

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W&W MODULE 1 SENSES: Last Stop on Market Street, The Wheels on the Bus song in English & Spanish

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W&W MODULE 1 SENSES: Last Stop on Market Street, The Wheels on the Bus song in English & Spanish

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Canticos - Bilingual Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs

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Canticos | The Wheels on the Bus / Las Ruedas del bus | English Nursery Rhyme

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In Wit and Wisdom, we are learning about our senses. Can you name all of them?

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In math, we are working on sorting. What are some different ways we may sort?

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Sorting Objects for Kids | Sort Objects into Three Groups | Kids Academy

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We are ready to explore more learning about animals!

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Oceans of the World for Kids | Learn all about the 5 Oceans of the Earth

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Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten Read Aloud

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"Brand New Day!" ☀️☁️ Good Morning Wake Up Dance | Danny Go! Songs for Kids

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Days of the week - Adam's Family (Dr. Jean)

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I Have Five Senses  Jack Hartmann Senses Song

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Top Bottom Middle Song | BK Classroom Collection | PRESCHOOL CHANTS

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The Left vs. Right Song! | Scratch Garden

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Guess The Household Item Sounds For Kids | 4K

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You can listen to "Wild About Books" read aloud in English with closed captioning in Spanish.

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Wild About Books By Judy Sierra and Marc Brown Read Aloud - Meditation Music 528Hz for Sleep

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Position words help us understand and explain our ideas by including more details.

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Thank you for a wonderful year of learning and growing! Have a safe and joyful summer :-)

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Today we read the book “Last Stop on Market Street.” If you would like to listen to the story of CJ and his Nana again, here is a link:

https://youtu.be/G-Rau8rrelU?si=_h8dH3FFv4EcHz-f

I also included a read aloud version in Spanish:

https://youtu.be/awx7HDJ_uqM?si=LpoNmjKSC6PlPYK-

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During personalized learning time, we focused on the letters "b" and "d". This is a great interactive review!

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b and d teaches children to differentiate between these two commonly confusing lower case letter. Let's be sure we know our letters we'll. Join me for b and d! #englishwithgabi #gabiklaf #learnabcs #learnabc #learnletters #learnalphabetforkids

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b and d teaches children to differentiate between these two commonly confusing lower case letter. Let's be sure we know our letters we'll. Join me for b and d! #englishwithgabi #gabiklaf #learnabcs #learnabc #learnletters #learnalphabetforkids |

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The Difference Between b and d | Jack Hartmann Telling b from d

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The letters "b' and "d" can be a little tricky. Let's see if you can identify which one we need!

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The b and d Challenge: A Fun Game for Young Learners as They Learn About b and d!

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We have been learning about shapes during math time. First, we have explored 2-D shapes. Which one is your favorite?

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The Vowel Song: Long and Short Vowel Sounds | English Songs | Scratch Garden

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We have been learning about the seven continents and focusing on all of the fascinating animals that are in Asia! My favorite animal is the giant Panda. Panda's live in China. What else do you know about Panda bears?

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In math, we are learning about shapes. Do you know the difference between 2 D shapes and 3 D shapes?

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The Singing Walrus - English Songs For Kids

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3D Shapes Song | Shapes for kids | The Singing Walrus

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We are learning about Europe during ELA. Spain is a country in Europe, and it is the setting of this story.

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The Story of Ferdinand | Read Aloud Flip-Along Book

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Today during our personalized learning time, we will explore the letter "C" , the sound that "c" makes and words that begin with the letter "C", like castle, crab, coral reef, clown fish and cave. There's so much to see about the letter "C"!

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Crazy-Cool Adventure on "C" Island | Captain Seasalt And The ABC Pirates | Educational Cartoon

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A pattern is something that repeats. There are different kinds of patters: AB, ABB and ABC. What else can we learn about patterns?

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Patterns! | Mini Math Movies | Scratch Garden

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We are now in our 4th and final quarter, and we are learning about Continents. This song will help you learn about the seven continents.

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The Seven Continents Song | Silly School Songs

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Tomorrow-March 20, 2025-is the first day of spring! What are you looking forward to this season?

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🌸 Welcome Spring! | The First Day of Spring for Kids 🌞🌼

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Welcome back! I hope you all had a great break! We are about to begin a new season, and we are learning about diagraphs. A digraph is two letters combined to make a single sound in written or spoken English. Let's learn about the following diagraps: "SH' "CH" and "TH" :-)

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📖 SH CH and TH- Letter Teams with Alphablock H 📖 | Learn to Read and Spell | Alphablocks

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I hope your Valentines Day is filled with lots of love. Have a great weekend and remember there is no school on Monday in observance of Presidents Day.

🩷🧡🩵💚💛♥️💜

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This week in social studies, we are learning about holidays, and the days of the week. Here’s a fun practice to help you remember the seven days in a week!

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In math, we are learning about shapes. Which shape is your favorite?

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Elpa 21 testing has begun! Here is some information about this assessment. Look for more information that is being sent home with your student.

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During TN Foundational Skills, we were just introduced to the letter "B". We practiced saying and writing the letter "B" (uppercase "B" and lowercase "b") and the sound that this letter makes.

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Letter B Song for Kids - Words that Start with B - Animals that Start with B

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We are learning about weather and the seasons. My favorite season is summer because I love to go swimming. Which season is your favorite? Why?

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We are still working on our sight words! Here's a great practice.

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Sight Words Sentences | HE, SHE, HAVE | Practice Reading | Teaching Mama

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Here's some ELPA 21 Practice! Scroll down to "practice tests", select "guest user", then sign in as a guest user, then click "kindergarten" and finally "practice tests." You may practice the listening, reading, writing and speaking domains.

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Authors use repeated language to communicate what’s important to their readers. Where else have you heard or read repeated language?

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Welcome back! I hope you've had a wonderful winter break. We now have a new year (2025) and we have entered a new season--winter! Please bundle up and come back to school on Wednesday, January 8, 2025!! I am looking forward to seeing you soon :-)

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Wintertime is Here - The Kiboomers Preschool Songs & Nursery Rhymes For the Winter Season

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Happy 2025! I can't wait to see you in one week!

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Wishing all a safe and happy holiday season! We will return to school on Wednesday, January 7, 2025. We will be celebrating a new year and new season. Thank you for making 2024 a wonderful year of learning.

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With the holiday's approaching, we are reading the story of "The Gingerbread Man" in English Language Arts. We also talked about repeated language in the story. What phrase does the Gingerbread Man say over and over? Why do authors use repeated language?

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The Gingerbread Man story for kids | Fairy tales and cartoons for children - HeyKids

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During Tennessee Foundations and Personalized Learning Time, we are learning about the letter "M" and the sound that "M" makes. Here is a great review of the letter, how it sounds, and some examples of "m" words. Listen carefully and try to determine if you hear the "m" sound at the beginning, middle or end of the words!

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Learn The Letter M | Let's Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann

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We’ve been learning about the seasons! What do you notice and wonder about each season? Which season is your favorite? Why?

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Elmo and Abby's Snowy Adventure | TWO Sesame Street Full Episodes

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This is a great review of letter sounds to practice!

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ABC Phonics Chant for Children  |  Sounds and Actions from A to Z

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I love to look at the art work created by students. Which “monster” is your favorite?

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Last week we practiced letter identification and sounds. My learners had fun also writing the letters and got extra points for being able to tell whether the letters were upper or lower case!

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Sight words are words that we use often in sentences. Your student should practice sight words every day!

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Sight Words Sentences | UP, DOWN, AWAY | Practice Reading | Teaching Mama

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We are out of school from November 25-November 29, 2024, for the Thanksgiving holiday. Enjoy this read aloud book written by Steve Metzger and illustrated by Jim Paillot. Happy Thanksgiving!

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🦃 The Great Turkey Race 🤣 Kids Book Thanksgiving Short Funny Read Aloud

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Position words help us to add details to our writing and speaking! This is a fun way to learn about position words.

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👶  BerryBuds 👶  NEW! Above and Below 🐶🐰 Educational Songs for Kids

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In science, we are learning about weather and the seasons. My favorite season is summer because I love sunshine and warm weather. Which season is your favorite? Why?

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Today during Personalized Learning Time we learned about the letter “A”, what it sounds like and some things that begin with “A”! We also looked at how to write a capital and a lower case “A”. What are some of your favorite things that begin with the letter “A’”?

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Letter A  Alphabet Song for Kids  Let's Learn About The Alphabet  Phonics Song  Jack Hartmann

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We are beginning module 2 in ELA and we are reading "The Three Pigs." What examples of rhyming and repeated language do you hear in this book? Do you think it is informational or is it a story book?

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Three Little Pigs Read Aloud with Ms. Marshall

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In class we are reading this book about farm animals. You can listen at home, too!

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WHAT IS MY KINDERGARTEN STUDENT LEARNING IN MODULE 2? Wit & Wisdom® is our English curriculum. It builds knowledge of key topics in history, science, and literature through the study of excellent texts. By reading and responding to stories and nonfiction texts, we will build knowledge of the following topics:

Module 1: The Five Senses

We just completed this unit! Ask your student to tell you about their five senses and how they use them!

We are now beginning Module 2: Once Upon a Farm! In school, we will be reading books to learn about farms.

You can visit a zoo or local farm together to learn more. Ask your child: "What do you notice and wonder about the animals?

"How is life on this farm different from or similar to our lives?"

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Let's practice the "M" sound!

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How to say the M sound by Peachie Speechie

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We were introduced to the “f” sound today. Here’s some practice making this sound!

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How to say the F sound by Peachie Speechie

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Happy Wednesday! Tomorrow students will have their second sight words test. Please remember to review sight words and letter sounds. This week we added a new letter sound-“n” What does “n” sound like?

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We are learning about rhyming words! How many rhyming words do you know?

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Rhyming Words | Monsters Learn English | Scratch Garden

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Amazing Student Work ⭐️ from our students and 

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Amazing Student Work ⭐️ from our students and 

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Practicing the alphabet can be fun!

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Sight words are important because they help us become more fluent readers. We can exercise to learn our sight words, also!

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Sight words exercise for kindergarten | Word fry  | High-frequency words

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Learning letter sounds is fun!

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Alphabet Phonics Chant | Learning ABC Phonics for Kids

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Here's some practice segmenting and blending words!

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Stretchy the Word Snake | Phonics Song for Kids | Segmenting and Blending Words | Jack Hartmann

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Welcome back from fall break! We are beginning a new book in ELA. The title of the book is: "Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles-Think of That!" The authors are Leo and Diane Dillon. Listen to the story. What repeated language do you hear?

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"Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles- Think of That!" read aloud with permission by Scholastic

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Multilingual learners receive language support as they grow through the five stages of language acquisition. Here is a short description of each stage.

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Over fall break be sure to practice counting!

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How to Write Numbers 1-10 | How to Write Numbers 1234. | Kids Learning Numbers 1-10.

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Today our students created their own coconut tree art inspired by the book “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.” 🌴

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Welcome back! I hope you had a fabulous fall break! Here's some practice blending and a preview of what we will be learning about this quarter!

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Learn to Blend and Read - Animal Names - Phonics Lesson - CVC Words - Digraphs - English Vocabulary

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As we begin our fall break, we are also celebrating Hispanic Heritage month. 🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇻🇪🇺🇾🇵🇷🇵🇾🇵🇦🇬🇹🇸🇻🇪🇨🇨🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇺

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Join the Celebración! | Hispanic Heritage Month Original Song | Animated Music Video

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This week we are reading “Chicka Chicka Bo Boom”  and organizing our evidence. 

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This book uses repeated language.

Do you remember what line comes after “Chicka Chicka, boom, boom! I hope _________________.”

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We are exploring textures in social studies. Can you name a texture? Which is your favorite? How would you describe it?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SgjNbDyIfsQ&si=b9iwS9XxuWOUOkSm

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Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 through October 15. Watch for more updates, biographies and other information to come!

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Mrs. Perry’s students are learning these 5 sight words this week. Next week 5 more words will be added!

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Mrs. Perry introduced a new letter sound today. What does the letter “T” sound like?

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We are learning about the letter “m” and what “m” sounds like. This is a great way to practice the “m” sound!

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How to say the M sound by Peachie Speechie

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Ms. BrowningHuntington—Amazing Student Work ⭐️

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Ms. BrowningHuntington—Amazing Student Work ⭐️

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This student did a great job adding details to their artwork. What details do you notice?

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Ms. Browning Huntington —Amazing Student Work ⭐️

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Ms. Browning Huntington —Amazing Student Work ⭐️

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Look at the details this amazing student added to the character “C.J.” from the book “Last Stop on Market Street.”

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Today we used an evidence organizer to chart what C.J. sees and hears in “The Last Stop on Market Street.” We talked about how details are important to the story. Wait until you see all of the details that the students found!

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It’s getting cooler! Soon it will be fall. Let’s get ready to welcome a new season! Which season is your favorite? 

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It’s getting cooler! Soon it will be fall. Let’s get ready to welcome a new season! Which season is your favorite? 