This week we had soccer shots! The word of the week was appreciation. The coach talked to the students about how we can show appreciation for our parents, friends, family and teachers.
Language Arts:
Students began learning about word families this week in language arts. They learned word families through stories and songs. Each day the class made a word web and practiced reading and saying their new words.
Monday: - at family, "Pat the Cats Big Book"
Tuesday: - et/-en families, "Mr. Vet Had a Pet That Was Wet"
Wednesday: -ig, "Pig in a Wig"
Thursday: -ot family, "Mr. Jot Had a Pot That Was Hot"
Friday: -ug family, "The Pug Needs a Hug"
Math:
This week students worked on numbers 60-80. They played secret numbers and top it to reinforce these numbers, Students used rainbow writing to practice writing the numbers correctly. Calendar concepts were also reviewed this week including correctly ordering the days of the week.
Literacy:
This week we began our unit on fairy tales. We reviewed the characteristics of fairy tales including good/bad characters, royalty/magic, and love. We also learned that most fairy tales begin with "Once upon a time.." Our first fairy tale was "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." We filled in our fairy tale chart and Wednesday we read a second version of Goldilocks and made a large group story map. Students took turns walking the map and retelling the story to their friends. Friday we listened to "The Princess and the Pea" and students created their own pile of mattresses.
Science:
We learned about our nose and sense of smell on Monday. We watched a short video and learned that smells travel through our nose to our brain and our brain tells us what the smell is. Students also used smelly bottles and had to determine the scent using their sense of smell only. Wednesday we discovered our sense of hearing. We sat quietly for 30 seconds and made a list of all the sounds we heard. There were a lot! Students also had to guess what was hidden inside plastic eggs by using their sense of hearing only.
Kidwriting:
We wrote descriptive sentences about our favorite foods!
Centers:
Students participated in Valentines themed centers this week including: heart tic-tac-toe, heart memory, paper heart chains, lovebugs crafts and how many candy hearts will fit.
Social Studies:
We reviewed town, state and country and shared the maps we made of our classroom. Students also discussed different forms of transportation and made posters.
Next Week:
Don't forget to hand in your Valentines box and recipe for the 100th day celebration. If you would like your child to make their Valentine box at school please let us know! Friday, February 13 is our class Valentines party.
Reminder!!! We are CLOSED Monday, February 16th for Presidents Day!!!
Language Arts:
Students began learning about word families this week in language arts. They learned word families through stories and songs. Each day the class made a word web and practiced reading and saying their new words.
Monday: - at family, "Pat the Cats Big Book"
Tuesday: - et/-en families, "Mr. Vet Had a Pet That Was Wet"
Wednesday: -ig, "Pig in a Wig"
Thursday: -ot family, "Mr. Jot Had a Pot That Was Hot"
Friday: -ug family, "The Pug Needs a Hug"
Math:
This week students worked on numbers 60-80. They played secret numbers and top it to reinforce these numbers, Students used rainbow writing to practice writing the numbers correctly. Calendar concepts were also reviewed this week including correctly ordering the days of the week.
Literacy:
This week we began our unit on fairy tales. We reviewed the characteristics of fairy tales including good/bad characters, royalty/magic, and love. We also learned that most fairy tales begin with "Once upon a time.." Our first fairy tale was "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." We filled in our fairy tale chart and Wednesday we read a second version of Goldilocks and made a large group story map. Students took turns walking the map and retelling the story to their friends. Friday we listened to "The Princess and the Pea" and students created their own pile of mattresses.
Science:
We learned about our nose and sense of smell on Monday. We watched a short video and learned that smells travel through our nose to our brain and our brain tells us what the smell is. Students also used smelly bottles and had to determine the scent using their sense of smell only. Wednesday we discovered our sense of hearing. We sat quietly for 30 seconds and made a list of all the sounds we heard. There were a lot! Students also had to guess what was hidden inside plastic eggs by using their sense of hearing only.
Kidwriting:
We wrote descriptive sentences about our favorite foods!
Centers:
Students participated in Valentines themed centers this week including: heart tic-tac-toe, heart memory, paper heart chains, lovebugs crafts and how many candy hearts will fit.
Social Studies:
We reviewed town, state and country and shared the maps we made of our classroom. Students also discussed different forms of transportation and made posters.
Next Week:
Don't forget to hand in your Valentines box and recipe for the 100th day celebration. If you would like your child to make their Valentine box at school please let us know! Friday, February 13 is our class Valentines party.
Reminder!!! We are CLOSED Monday, February 16th for Presidents Day!!!