December

We had a fun Friday designing and gingerbread houses.  Thank you to everyone for coming to the rescue with candy.  We had an overabundance of candy for the children to be creative designers!

Today we went to Bay Square nursing home to share some holiday cheer with the residents. 

On Wednesday, we will be performing our play, Gingerbread Baby at 2:00.  If you are not able to make it on Wednesday, please find someone who is available to come and support your child. 

And, lastly, please remember to send in indoor shoes with your child on a daily basis.  We do not want them to be in their boots all day as that can be uncomfortable and hot.  Also, the are required to wear sneakers on PE days.  They may leave a pair of shoes at school if that is easier. 

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 27

THis week in...

Reading we:

• have been introduced to the following members of the reading super power team.  The members I have introduced thus far are...

• worked on vowel sounds
• new letters--p, h, r, k
• new popcorn words--at, and, am

Writing we:

• are swimming in writing pattern books--pattern books are simple books that have a word pattern on each page and only 1 or 2 words change.  They are also the type of books the children are reading right now. They are great at helping writers learn to spell their popcorn words correctly.
• worked on putting spaces between words.
• discussed what to do when you make a mistake.
• learned about getting ideas from each other and from the books we read.

Math we:

• introduced the word "sum" and played Find the Sum.
• played a spin a number game.
• made hexagons in multiple ways.

• counted by 10s .
• counted by 10s from random numbers.
• played a double ten frame game.
• during calendar we are discussing the different types of equations.

1+2=3
3=1+2

  1
+2
___
  3



Practice at home:

• +1 and +0 facts
• number stories (aka: word problems) Have your children tell you whether your story is a join (+) or take away (-) number story.
• estimating