This week we got our gifts from St. Nick. Students brought home their treats from their stockings on Monday.
On Monday, we also began measuring our friends and things in our classrooms with snowflakes. This nonstandard measurement introduces the concept of measurement, the fact the lines have to be straight when measuring, counting, number writing, direction following and more! They enjoyed going around the room with their piles of snowflakes making measurements.
Students also worked on an early reader"Winter Clothing Colors." When working with this book students worked on using their reading fingers and pointing to the words as we read them. They worked specifically on the one to one correspondence. They then began to remember the words The and is/are. They used the picture clues to remember the new word. We then figured out the color words using the resources in our room and colored the book. When we were done, students could then read the book while pointing to the words! What awesome learning! The book is also in our reading center to help them gain confidence and have fun reading.
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| Monday he must have helped St. Nick | ! |
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| Just hanging out by the fireplace |
Chippy continued to get into various places in our room this week as well!
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| Chippy remembered out letter of the week was letter M! |
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| Elves like to play with toys, too! |
Each week we watch letter videos from "Have Fun Teaching" and the students are really picking up the names of letters, formations, and the sounds of letters. Check out these videos with you child! Click HERE.
The Tuesday project of letter of the week is to decorate a letter with something that starts with the letter. This week we decorated the letter M with their Mini Marshmallows. On Thursday, our letter of the week project was to read a page from our alphabet book, M is for Monkey.
- Mondays have been crazy getting back to school, finding Chippy the elf, getting ready for programs, St. Nick, etc so we have been having some trouble making it to library on Mondays. We still make an effort to get to the library once a week-usually by Tuesday things have calmed down enough to make it there. Sorry for any confusion this has caused. Please continue to return books on Monday and we will continue to PLAN on having library on Mondays (*and we shall see what happens*)
- Please help your child by allowing them to dress themselves in their winter outerwear. We are always here to help your child dress, but the more they can do on their own, the faster we get outside and the more likely we will to have outdoor time. (We have not been getting out because the kids simply can't get dressed fast enough in the time we have yet). Here is the order we teach them to help them be most successful. Also things that can help: zippers up on snowpants before putting them on, velcro outside of our feet when putting boots on, mittens last so you can zip your own coat.
- December is always a busy month, so here is the
Schedule of Events for December:
- Breakfast with Santa Saturday December 13 9am
- 4k Winter Program/show Thursday Dec 18 5:30-6:30 4k will be putting on their own little show for parents. It will be a part of our Reading with the Stars program. Attendance will not be required, but all students will have a part. If your child is not able to come, they will still have a part in all the practices, but we will just have less of those characters for the show. We will be also be doing the monthly star decorating.
- December 23 is a half day. Because this is before the holiday and staff will be going home, extended day students have 2 options:
- 1. Leave at 11 with the rest of 4k
- 2. Go to extended day and leave at 12:30 with the rest of the school.
- You may get a notification from HASD telling you there is all day 4k. This just means the public program will be running both their AM and PM sessions. PM 4k will be in session but NOT our extended day program.
- December 24-January 4 Winter Break (Classes Resume Monday Jan 5)
- Dress for the weather. Please send your child dressed for the weather as we go outside as long as it is not raining or below 0*(students are more than welcome to bring layers daily or to leave in their lockers) It may also be time to change out the change of clothes to make sure they are weather appropriate. If you send a new change of clothes, we will send the warm weather clothes in their backpacks.
- Folders. Please be checking your child's daily folder each night. We put notes on the notebook pages in their folders as well as any notes we may have for you. Artwork is also sent home this way. As we start letter of the week, we will also start sending home homework to help reinforce the letter concept and identification. Please work on this with you child to help the students make the connection between home and school.
- Also, Please check the student's Wednesday Folders. Please try to take info out and return the folder and any forms/info/payments in those folders a day or two after receiving.
- Library Books come every week. We go to library on Monday and student have the opportunity to check out a book and keep it for a week. It can be kept in their back packs or at home, but please remember to bring it on Mondays.
- Book Order due Decmeber 12. Please click on the link for scholastic at the top of this page. When you buy books for your child, it helps buy books and supplies for our classrooms. Start thinking about making book orders a part of your child's holiday presents! Make reading fun and exciting for your child.
Theme: Snow.Christmas/Holidays
Letter of the Week: Uu
Snack: Muller Family
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