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, sorting and coloring gingerbread digraph pictures, playing I Spy with holiday CVC words, finding and writing gingerbread power words, making gingerbread babies of our own using a Gingerbread Glyph, and writing various story elements from Jan Brett's Gingerbread Baby.
We learned about digraphs (ch, sh, th, wh) during Phonics. We talked about about how even though a digraph has two letters, it only makes one sound. We did a lot of reading and writing with digraphs. Ask your child to teach you! We also 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.
In this week’s Second Steps lesson, we practiced two kind acts: asking, “Would you like to share?” and “Would you like a hug?”. Encourage your child to offer to share items at home. For example, have them help you make a snack and then offer to share it with other family members. Encourage them to offer hugs to family members or friends when they are tired or sad or need encouragement.
We wrapped up our Math unit on flat and solid shapes. When we return from break, we will begin working on teen numbers.
We lost and FOUND our Gingerbread Baby! Make sure you watch the fun video of them! huge thanks to Dr. Schreiner, Dr. Sides, and Nurse Engelmeyer for their helping in catching him!
We had such a fun time at our Winter party! I will post pictures on our next newsletter. Thank you to everyone who helped plan and organize! We are so grateful!
Looking ahead...
Winter Break 12/21-1/6
School Resumes 1/7
Have a safe and wonderful winter break! Happy Holidays!
Jena
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