Here is a quick snapshot of week twelve:
ECO: We hiked to the top of Harrison woods, continued working on our animal homes and left some bird seed. We will go to Harrison Field on Tuesday this week. Please check the weather report for proper gear. Looks sunny with a high of 19 degrees. Please dress warm on Tuesday!
Science/SS: We learned what insects do in the winter. We read a book about Diwali and Hanukkah. We will continue learning how light plays a role in the world around us leading up to the winter solstice. We will learn how people use light all over the world. We will have a day in the dark on December 21st the winter solstice. The kids may bring a flashlight to school on the 21st. In addition, we ran a gingerbread cookie experiment. We predicted if it would be a good idea if the cookie swam across the river! We made a hypothesis and tested our ideas.
Math: We used double 10 frames to learn how to play dreidel. We played a 1-20 dice gingerbread game. We practiced writing our teen numbers and discussed that teen numbers start with 1. The children put the numbers in order building a play-dough snake and made counting by 10 number cards. We made gingerbread cookie graphs. Goals: I can count objects up to 20. I can write numbers up to 20. I can count to 100. I can recognize that 11-19 are 10 and some more. I can count backwards from 20. I can recognize numbers up to 20. I can count by 10s to 100.
Literacy: We worked on the letter d (d dog /d/). We started reading Fantastic Mr. Fox By Roald Dahl. We read about 8 different gingerbread stories...traditional and unique versions. Our two new heart/snap words were he and do. We made two make and take books for our book boxes. Goals: I can draw pictures and tell about books I read. I can read high frequency words. I can use my super reading powers (strategies)to read books. I can blend CVC words. Heart Words/High Frequency Words: me, am, I, see, like, a, the, and, is, can, go, it, to, we, in, is, at, see, no, so, he, do
Next Week’s letters: Review all letters and the digraph sh (key word ship) Snap word: she review can
Art/Music: We used our oil pastels to create centerpieces. The themes were landscapes and backgrounds. In music they moved like zombies, caught butterflies, sang the meatball song and learned about many different wind instruments.
Choice Time Options: We played with legos, cars, animals, brain flakes, magna tiles, castle characters. We had game day -gingerbread tens frame memory (we will send home a copy to play with families this coming week). We made gingerbread salt dough cutouts for decorations. We also went outside for extra recess.
Lunch: During lunch (11:15-11:30) the class listens to a book on Storyline Online or One More Story. Both are online libraries with award winning children’s literature set to music. One More Story also includes the words. We continue to offer snack time outside at 9:15 (before recess) to those who are hungry (many do not choose to eat a morning snack).
The children are very close to filling their gem jar for another class celebration!
Thank you so much and have a great week! Fondly, Dena
