Vertical Towers

Happy Wednesday! We had a great Taiko event today! We all loved playing the drums while wearing our hachimaki!

CIRCLE TIME

Our circle time today started with a game to see who could make the tallest vertical stack of blocks in 30 seconds! The game was 1 vs 1 with the winner staying. M won the first game and started an incredible winning streak from there! He won every round except for the final game in which S won! Great job M and S!

QUESTION OF THE DAY

R: Do all letters have curves?

We agreed that some letters have curves, and some don’t. Today we will find out how many fit each group!

First, we guessed how many total letters are in the alphabet.

A: 15

M: 20

T: 21

M: 14

O: 10 straight

S: 50

We learned that there are 26 letters in the alphabet!

Then we took turns choosing a letter, saying it’s sound, naming something that starts with that sound, and then categorizing it as straight or curved.

T: T, tiger, straight

Y: O, octopus, curvy

M: V, vegetable, straight

Y: L, lion, straight

J: J, jam, curvy

R: M, mango, straight

C: N, nest, straight

O: S, snake, curvy

We took the remaining letters and categorized them as a class. In the end, we counted 9 curvy letters and 17 straight letters!

Are there any other things we can notice about letters? Can we group them in other ways? Let’s keep thinking about it this week!

Have a wonderful evening! See you tomorrow!

Love,

Flowers Class XOXO