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Calendar:  Late Start Wednesday, January 17th

What We Did This Week

We introduced our Alpha Friends, Yetta Yo-Yo (Y) and Umbrie Umbrella (U)

We colored the letters , colored letter pictures, and worked in our poem books.

We introduced the sight word: go.

We wrote in our journals using details.

We are reading books by author Laura Numeroff (“If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”).

We worked in our Handwriting books using our “three finger squeeze” and introducing the “magic C” – “big curve”

We are counting to 100 using songs and our math grid.

We also introduced counting by 10’s to 100.

We continue our number talks and building numbers on the “ten frame.”

We also continue to practice our number formation.

In Science we are tracking the daily weather.

We visited our special classes, Gym, Art, Music and Media

We visited our “First Class” groups where the students discussed Habit 3 (Leader In Me), put “first things first.”

We enjoyed Free Choice Time.

We reviewed what we have learned in our Second Steps Social Skills curriculum:  how to be a good listener, how to focus on the speaker, and how to ask for help.

We rotated through our Daily 5 Literacy Centers.

Students who were on green 4 days this week attended the cookie reward party.

During the month of January I will be using the majority of class time for mid-year assessments.

If you have any questions please let me know.