It's sounding like snow is on the way! Once there is snow on the ground, the children will need snow pants, boots, hats and mittens to participate in outdoor recess. If they don't have the proper gear, they still go out for fresh air, but are required to remain on the paved part of the playground. As long as your child has sneakers here at school, you don't need to send in extra shoes each day.
Readers' Workshop: Your fish super reader is learning how to use his/her voice to bring a book to life. Each time they re-read a just right book, they are beginning to work on fluency. The predictable patterns in their books help them to sing out familiar texts. We are also beginning to use punctuation to figure out how we can change our voice to show understanding of what we read. (ie. louder and excited voices when there is an exclamation point)
Writers' Workshop: This week the children were introduced with list books with a twist. The book follows a pattern until the last page where the pattern changes. (ie. I like___. I like___. I like___. But I don't like____.) The children learned about punctuation in reading this week, so we are beginning to remind them to use periods at the end of their sentences in their list books.
Math Workshop: There were many math challenges this week. The children are learning many different ways to solve simple math word problems. They are using 10 frames, number lines, number bonds, pictures and numbers. The searched for and cut out triangles and circles in magazines. They created pictures using shape tracing templates and used smaller shaped pattern blocks to see how many ways they could make a hexagon.
Visual Arts: There is gingerbread art everywhere! We have gingerbread boys, girls and houses on display. The children are even creating gingerkids with our playdough.
Some Stories We Have Read: Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Girl, The Gingerbread Bear & The Gingerbread Boy
Up-coming Events:
- Word of the Week-the
- Phonics- superstar u
- Handwriting- A and I
- Early Release- Wednesday, 12/13
- Class Gingerbread Party- Thursday, 12/21 at 2:00
- Holiday Vacation- 12/25-1/1
Fondly,
Kristen
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