What we did during our week: (I can’t believe it’s already December!)
Language Arts and Writing: We worked on recognizing and writing the letter P and the letter K. We have started our “Holidays Around the World” where we use Google Earth to take us to new places and learn about some of the different holidays that people celebrate. This week we went to Canada and England. As we learn about these places we write facts that we learn. We got to listen to the Queen’s speech – and they were amazed!
We got some new literacy centers too, check out some of the pictures below:
Math: New math centers for the new month!
Here are our math centers for the next couple weeks:
- Gingerbread Tally Mark Puzzle
- Winter Counting Clip Cards
- Robot and Gingerbread Addition Cards
- Winter Count the Room
- Winter Tens Frames with Mini Erasers
We are starting math quizzes! These quizzes will help the children prepare for First grade and get used to taking tests (what the format looks like, how to follow testing procedures, etc). Each week we will have a math quiz, starting with +0, then +1, all the way to 10. Then we will begin subtraction with -0, then -1, etc. Flash cards will come home on the 8th for our +0 math quiz, which is on December 15th. Please cut these up and practice these math facts with your child for the quiz on the 15th. These flashcards are an example of how you could practice math facts each week with your child. You could also use counters (or food) for a visual representation of the math equation. You can also practice with your child by having them put the big number in their head and the small number on their hands and then count up. Try to make it fun! Thank you for supporting your child with their addition skills!
Science: We are starting to talk about the different seasons and snowy weather. Hopefully it will snow soon so we can have some hands-on experiences!
Other: Friday we met with our big buddies and got to make gingerbread houses with brown paper bags – they love big buddies! We had our PBIS party, and are now working hard to earn the next one, which is a movie party!
This week we also learned about the circle of life. One of our hermit crabs passed away – when they molt to grow into bigger shells they often do not make it. The kids gave Tiny a moment of silence. 🙂
On a brighter note, we are leading in the competition of lunchroom behavior! You may hear your child talk about getting a circle or a triangle in the lunch room – circle is good, triangle means they were not their best. The winning classroom gets a surprise!
Upcoming Events:
December 5th– Pete the Cat field trip!
December 8th– Sight word TEST list 3!
December 8th– Math Flash cards sent home
Hello Everyone. If Nazih’s mom is reading this can you please contact me because my son would love to meet with your boy on weekends to play together. Thank you. wish you all happy holidays.