These Weeks We . . .                                           December 1-12, 2014

·     met our last 4 letters of the alphabet Qq, Xx, Yy and Zz, ASK ME their sound and key picture

·     welcomed a new month, December, and a new Good Morning song, and new spots on the rug and for math

·     traced and cut out many of our hands, ASK ME what we used them for

·     talked a lot about gifts and giving, and are very proud that our class collected $164.50 for the “Giving Project”

·     discussed the difference in gifts that we “need” and gifts that we “want”

·     did a T.L.C. of colorful gifts. They are in Santa’s sleigh in the hallway

·     made beautiful poinsettias for our classroom “tree for all seasons”

·     discussed “greater than”, “less than” and “is equal”

·     made ornaments for our classroom “tree for all seasons”

·     decorated a gingerbread boy using a glyph key

·     we also read many versions of the Gingerbread Girl, Man, Boy, Friend, and Baby story, ASK ME which one I liked best

·     in math we started learning about addition, hearing many word problems and from them making addition sentences. Also discovering how to find the 1^st or 2^nd add in for the addition sentence, the beginnings of algebra.

·     colored and read our own “Gingerbread House” book, ASK ME to read it to you, and what our new word wall word was – “the”

·     rolled 2 die and added them together to color a gingerbread boy

·     we practiced our letters and their sounds at rug time and played bingo on our dry erase board

·     are working on a label book for Christmas at Writer’s Workshop and made a class “Gingerbread ?” class book, ASK ME what I drew for the book

·     finished Chapter 4 in math and are on to Chapter 9 all about shapes

·     at Open Circle talked about cooperation and including others to play with us when we see someone looking like they would like to join us

·     Thursday we baked our own gingerbread boy and guess what - he ran away, ASK ME where we found him

·     added two new words to our word wall, “we” and “has”

 

*  IMPORTANT attached is a note about our “Holiday Party in a Box”

* Attached also is our Word Wall list for the year, I have had some requests for it