Getting ready for Christmas

We had a great week back from Thanksgiving Break! I think everyone was well rested and ready to start working on Christmas things!

In Reading we started a new unit- unit 3. It's all about the world outside. We read a book about the seasons and a book called "Jump into January." The students talked about the different seasons, about things they like to do in the different seasons, how they are alike and different, and also drew pictures about their favorite season and what they like to do in it. We learned the word "subject" this week and talked about how every sentence has a subject. The students did a great job of picking out the subject of every sentence and they also worked on saying and writing sentences that had a subject.

In Phonics we focused on the letter K/k. We listened to a song about the letter K/k, wrote words that started with K, found pictures that started with K/k, made kite puzzles, and decorated and wrote about our "magic keys." The students also added another page to their writing ideas journal. We added a page of things that we don't like or that make us sad. I was so impressed by how well they are doing on their journals. They come up with great ideas!

In math we worked on part-to-whole relationships. We built towers and would break them into pieces and talk about how many we had in each set and how many there were all together. We also did a spill-out activity; where we would spill out red/yellow counters and count how many landed on red and how many landed on yellow. Then we would talk about how many of each color and how many counters were there in all. We are still counting to 60, saying the days of the week, and the months of the year. Most of the students have mastered all of these things too!

Our classroom also got decorated for Christmas this week! We have two Christmas trees, a countdown to Christmas, a snowman, and snowflakes in the classroom! The students got to make candy cane reindeer ornaments for our tree and snowflakes to hang up around the room. We'll add some more decorations this upcoming week too!

Using our letter tiles to sound out and spell words. 

Adding another page to our writing ideas journal. 

Our Countdown to Christmas chain!

 Making snowflakes and candy cane reindeers!

 Decorating magic keys and writing about what they would do with them. 

Some of the students sharing what they wrote with a friend.

 In the Computer Lab this week the students decorated gingerbread houses. And they loved getting to see them hung up in the classroom. 

 The snowflakes the students made!

Our Christmas tree slowly getting decorated and some of the students reading books underneath it. 

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend. See you tomorrow!

Mrs. Ray

November 14- November 22

Hey! Sorry I've been falling behind on keeping the blog up! It's been a crazy hectic holiday season already!
But I'll let you know what we were working on before Thanksgiving Break.

We are still working on adjectives, and that week we were focusing on size and shape adjectives. We read a story called "David's Drawing" and another story called "Mouse Shapes." We reviewed lots of shapes this week. We also reviewed the letters C, P, A, and T.

In Phonics and Writing we started our writing ideas journal. We will probably try and do a writing activity twice a week. Students created a page with ideas of things that make them happy and also a page of things of pastimes they like to do. We did one writing activity already. The students picked one of their ideas from their journal, circled it, drew a picture for their writing, and then gave it a sentence. They are getting so good at sounding out their words and writing sentences that make sense!

Also in phonics we focused on the letter R/r. We listened to a song about R/r, made rainbows, wrote words that start with R/r, and did a few activity pages that focused on the letter R/r.

In math we worked on more than and less than. The students practiced counting groups and deciding which had more and which had less, they also practiced graphing. On Friday, they got to make patterned bead bracelets. If you want to work on something with your student at home, you can be reviewing ABC and ABB patterns. They have pretty much mastered AB patterns, but some students are still struggling with ABB and ABC patterns. Have your child look for patterns around the house or while you're driving in the car. They love when they find patterns out in the real world!

We also had a great Sharing Feast on Tuesday! And a huge thank you to all the moms that helped make it such a big success! It was great to see so many parents and grandparents get to come and eat lunch with their child. The students also loved getting to see their Thanksgiving placemats, paper bag turkeys, and apple turkeys on the table.

And sorry I don't have any pictures to put up for this week! I'll do better for the next week :)

Mrs. Ray