Run, Run, As Fast As You Can!

We had a fun week chasing around our sneaky Gingerbread Baby! Here are some of the important things we learned...

Our centers this week included reading books on RAZkids, playing I Spy with holiday CVC words, finding and writing gingerbread power words, and writing various story elements from Jan Brett's Gingerbread Baby.

 During Phonics, we worked on more uppercase letters, middle sounds, and sentence structure and learned the power words: had, on, not, and got.

In Reading, we listened to the story Found and discussed it using "I Wonder" statements.  We worked on building comprehension and engagement, and established a purpose for reading.  We read independently and self-monitored to check for accuracy and understanding.  Our vocabulary words this week included peer, delighted, nuisance, and drenched.

We reviewed our Math unit on teen numbers.  This is still proving to be tricky for us to write! Please work on writing teen numbers at home with your child.  

We lost and FOUND our Gingerbread Baby! Make sure you watch the fun video of them! Huge thanks to Dr. Schreiner and Dr. Sides for their help in catching him! 

I will post pictures on our next newsletter of our Winter Party. Thank you to everyone who helped plan and organize! We are so grateful! 

Looking ahead...

Winter Break 12/22-1/5

School Resumes 1/6

Vision Screenings 1/7

No School (Teacher Professional Development) 1/16

No School in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 1/19

No School (Teacher Professional Development) 2/13

No School for President's Day 2/16

Have a wonderful winter break! 

Jena

The Mitten, The Hat, and More!

  What a busy week we've had! We started our Jan Brett author study and have loved reading her books! Jan Brett is a beloved children’s author and illustrator known for her richly detailed artwork and engaging stories inspired by cultures around the world. She has written and illustrated over 40 books, many of which have become classroom favorites such as The Mitten, The Hat, Gingerbread Baby, and Annie and the Wild Animals. Here are some of the important things we've learned...

Our centers this week included reading books on RAZKids on iPads, sequencing the animals in The Mitten and retelling the story of The Hat. playing CVC and middle sound games, finding winter pictures around the room and writing the words, and more! 

We continued working on visualizing and retelling during Reading. We learned the new vocabulary words: pleasant, unpleasant, crowded, and uncrowded.  We talked about suffixes (un-) and antonyms (opposites).

In Writing, we worked on adding more details to our stories. We asked and answered questions with our partners to help us brainstorm more ideas for our writing. 

We wrapped up our Reveal Math unit on teen numbers.  Please continue to work on reading, writing, and decomposing teen numbers at home with your child. 

In Phonics, we revisited the sounds for /h/ and /r/ and wrote the letters Hh and Rr. We learned two new power words: help and her. We read a story titled Pam Hit It and wrote about it. 

Looking ahead...

Early Release Day 12/19

Winter Break 12/22-1/5

Have a great weekend!

Jena