December 2-13

One more week until Christmas Break! Time is flying! Here's what we have been up to:

Math:
-We worked on lucky number 7 last week and used two sided counters to show all the different ways to make 7. We used white boards to write down the math sentences and practiced putting the plus sign and equals sign in the correct spot!
-We continue to work on ten frames and recognizing how many are in a frame without having to count.
-We learned another 2D shape: the rectangle! We talked about the similarities and differences between the rectangle and triangle and found where the rectangles four vertices and edges are.

Language Arts:
-Wagner Wolf was our letter friend last week and Yosobee Yak was our friend this week. Both of these letters have tricky sounds so we practiced really hard on identifying, saying and making words with these beginning sounds.
-We just finished the heart words for Unit 2 (the orange words that were sent home). We continue to work on writing and reading these words everyday! We will not introduce Unit 3 words until after Christmas, so reviewing Unit 1 and Unit 2 over the break would be so beneficial for your child!
-We are learning a reading strategy to help us read words we do not know. It is called Lips the Fish! Lips the Fish reminds us to get our lips ready to say the first sound in a word we come to that we do not know.
-Our word families have been -et and -eg. E is such a tricky sound but they are doing a wonderful job of blending sounds with these families to make words.

Writer's Workshop:
-After reading the book, Ain't Gonna Paint No More, we learned that our words are powerful and if we want something or want someone to know something we can write it down. We have been making posters to tell people things we want them to remember or know. Take a look :)

   

And here is a finished book! All About Planets!

 

  


   

Discovery:
-Last week we had fun doing lots of different activities with the gingerbread man! We read many different stories and compared and contrasted them. Then we voted on our favorite gingerbread book!

We also painted gingerbread houses and decorated them with dot paint.

  

And labeled a gingerbread man...

And made a gingerbread cowboy!

 

And this week we learned about different Christmas traditions. We also made a Christmas tree of our own and decorated it with lights and ornaments!

It's been a fun two weeks! Here are some backstage pictures of our Christmas concert last week!