Friday, January 23, 2015

January 23, 2015



Dear Families,

We have finished an author study of Jan Brett and jumped into many different versions on The Gingerbread Man. The gingerbread boys and girls you have been creating at home are fabulous! If your child hasn't brought theirs in yet, please send them in next week!

Books Read: About 20 assorted Gingerbread variations, The Umbrella, The Gingerbread Baby, Gingerbread Friends, and Honey, Honey, Lion!

During writing time they are; becoming familiar with vowels and learning that every word has at least 1 vowel in it, visualizing places and people to write about, adding words (letters) to their pictures, rehearsing what they want to say about what they wrote, take turns sharing their ideas and writing with partners, going back into their writing pieces and revising what they have written by changing or adding to what they wrote and continuing to build up their confidence as writers. We also wrote a personal letter to Jan Brett and we are excited to get a letter back from her soon!

Animated Alphabet is our approach to phonemic awareness and spelling. The letters are taught through a multi sensory approach of music, dance, characters and signs which help the students hold onto that information. The character we learned this week was Nellie Newt.

In math we are working with teen numbers, formation of numbers, making pictures to match the number written, addition and subtraction practice, describing patterns, counting and number recognition, learned a new game called Top It (it is the game you might know as "war") and continuing our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observations, tracking the number of days we have been in school and days of the week.

We are continuing to practice the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard)


Upcoming Events:

January 30- Report cards home






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