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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