Hi Fish Families.
I put some photos of buddies and winter wonderland in P.E. on our FLICKR page. Be sure to check them out. Enjoy the vacation week and I look forward to all that 2017 will bring!
Up-Coming Events:
- December vacation- 12/26-1/2 See you on January 3rd!
- Handwriting- lowercase o,c, and s
- Word of the Week- it
- Lively Letters- sh
- No School- 1/16/17
Ho Ho Ho!
Kristen
Hi Fish Families!
We have been busy little elves this week, and our classroom is full of energy! We did reading "selfies" for the first time today. We are working out the glitches, but I hope you enjoy watching their first video.
Up-Coming Events:
- Handwriting- Review of Uppercase letters
- Word of the Week- the
- Gingerbread Decorating Party- 12/22 at 2:05
- Wear your pjs to school- Friday, 12/23
- Winter Vacation- 12/26/16-1/2/17
Enjoy the weekend!
Kristen
Hello Fish Families.
I can't begin to express how humbled I am by all of your generosity. The Sign Up Genius I sent out for the local family's wish list was filled up in a day. I am so excited to think of Christmas morning for those lucky children. Thank you fish families!
Here's a QUICK look into our week in the Fish classroom:
Literacy: Our shared reading book this week was Our Grandad. We did lots of thinking about what we know about grandfathers (schema) and made text to self connections. Readers think about what they read and we are working on that important skill.
Books We Have Read: Happy Pig Day, Llama, Llama Mad at Mama, Llama, Llama Holiday Drama, The Gingerbread Bear, Georgie the Gingerbread Fairy,
Up-Coming Events:
- Handwriting- I, T and J (These are our final uppercase letters!)
- Word of the Week- am
- Phonics-s and z
- Gingerbread Decorating Party- 12/22 at 2:05
- Wear your pjs to school- Friday, 12/23
- Winter Vacation- 12/26/16-1/2/17
Fondly,
Kristen
Hello Fish Families.
The snowy season has arrived! Please send your child to school each day with LABELLED snow pants, boots, hats and gloves/mittens. We go outside as long as it isn't rainy or dangerously cold. Children who aren't prepared for the winter elements still go outside for recess, but have to remain on the paved area of the playground. Thanks for your support with this.
Here's a glimpse into our week in the Fish classroom:
Visual Arts: We are making lots of gingerkids using various art supplies to go along with our study (comparison) of the various versions of the gingerbread man folktale. We also used simple shapes to make winter trees and snowpeople.
Readers' Workshop: We are working on developing our snap words (high frequency words that we don't sound out). Keep practicing those words of the week we have covered so far this year (an, he, at, a, and, no, I, in,, is, so & see). The children learned about sound power where they "put the first sound of a word in their mouth and get ready to read" the word.
Writers' Workshop: The children began writing list books. Their "just right" reading books follow a list pattern, so they are grasping the formula of list books quickly. They are writing I Can..., I Like..., I See...books. They can make their books a 'list with a twis't by altering the last page to break the pattern (ie. I like...I like... But I Don't Like...)
Literacy: Our shared reading book this week was The Tree House. The class made a version of this book which will come home in our fish of the day bag.
Math Workshop: We wrapped up Unit 3 this week. I am finishing up the end-of-unit assessments and will send them home Friday. The children used 2 colored beans and ten frames to show combinations that add to 10. We did a problem solving math activity where the children had to represent a number 4 different ways. They used tallies, drawing of fingers, 10 frames, and dots to show numbers many different ways.
Books We Have Read: The Gingerbread Man (2 versions), The Nijabread Man, The Gingerbread Boy, The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School
Up-Coming Events:
- Handwriting- G, S and A
- Word of the Week- and
- Phonics-u
- Gingerbread Decorating Party- 12/22 at 2:05
- Wear your pjs to school- Friday, 12/23
- Winter Vacation- 12/26/16-1/2/17
Have a great night.
Kristen
