We had an extra busy day in Social Studies today! First, we painted a paper plate red. The plate was cut into a firefighter's hat and after it dried, we added a firefighter badge and Danny wore it for the rest of the afternoon. Since we spoke about the community helper, the firefighter last week, we continued our discussion with fire safety. We watched a Brain Pop Jr learning video about "Fire Safety" in which the characters Annie and Moby taught us about fire drills, alarms, staying low if in a smoky area, and fire prevention. We completed a sorting activity in which Danny had to choose if the picture is "hot" or "not hot". Danny did an awesome job sorting pictures such as a candle, coffee, a book, an apple, a toy, matches, and a stove. We colored and read a fire safety mini-reader. This provides basic fire safety tips for in the home. This reader was sent home in his backpack. Danny completed a worksheet with fire related items in which he had to finish an ABC pattern. We enjoyed a Legoville picture story book called "Around Town" by Victoria Taylor. This provided a nice kids' perspective on community helpers such as mechanics, supermarket workers, road sweepers, zookeepers, police, and the firefighters who put out a fire in the story. To integrate language arts with social studies, we completed a reader book called "Who is the Hero?", which is about firefighters. On each page we completed the sentence by adding each letter needed for the word "who". Danny picked up on the word well and we spelled it on each page. We then went back and practiced reading this sight word in repetitive phrases with pictorial support for early reading development. We then read "Arthur's Pet Business" by Marc Brown. In this story, Arthur provides a service to the community by caring for people's pets. Finally, we ended the day with a little short i vowel practice on the Starfall app. Danny then practiced building words for -ig and -ip. We sounded out each sound in the field of four to find the sound that started the picture presented. Danny was able to find a few of the sounds on his own!