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New Year’s Craft
We had fun reading a book about a squirrel that makes a new year’s resolution. We learned that a new year’s resolution is when we make a goal of doing something that may help us grow in a positive way. Squirrel’s new year’s resolution was to help someone each day of the year. We discussed our new year’s resolutions and did our best to write them down on paper and we created a craft around the paper. Check them out below:
Movie & Popcorn
We earned a reward for earning many outstandings and having excellent behavior! We celebrated on Friday by watching a movie and eating some tasty popcorn!
Writers Workshop
This week in writing we learned a new type of writing! We learned about “How-To” writing. We learned that a “How-To” piece tells us step by step on how to do something. On Monday, we kicked off the new unit by watching a short “how-to” clip on how to pick strawberries and jump rope. We discussed the steps it takes to do these things. After our introduction we talked about making a snowman and what are the exact steps it takes to build it! We put pictures in order on how to build a snowman and we wrote down the steps. We did this for making hot cocoa, baking cookies and how to get ready for school! Next week we plan to do a few more of these fun “How-To” pieces.
Readers Workshop
This week in readers work shop we received new reading mats! These mats are encouraging us to stack our books on one end and read through the pile. When we are finished with a book, we put it on the new stack and we keep doing this until it is time to partner read! The reading mats were a hit and the students were excited to receive one! This week we also discussed that our brains are growing and we are now reading more challenging books than we did at the beginning of the year. We discussed our super powers and reminded ourselves that we can tackle these long books if we remember to put our powers to use and try very hard! I am so impressed with how well everyone has been working this week in readers workshop!
Math:
This week in math we worked on building larger shapes from smaller ones! We noticed that you can build a larger triangle out of smaller ones and a hexagon out of 6 triangles! We had fun experimenting with this and seeing what shapes we could build. We also learned about showing tens and ones in teen numbers. We did this by grouping the tens and showing the extra ones. We also spent time drawing numbers 6 through 10 using 5-groups, finding partners of numbers 2 through 6.
Star Student:
Meet Harrison
Harrison was our star student this week! We learned so many fun new facts about Harrison. We learned his favorite color is green, he likes to eat pizza and his favorite book is The Lion King! He enjoys playing soccer and playing both inside and outside when he is at school He lives at home with his mom, dad and brother. Three super cool facts that we learned about Harrison are he is loving, caring and kind! Thanks for being a wonderful star student Harrison!
Important Information
Please remember to send your kinder with a hat, gloves/mittens and coat every day! Many kiddos are coming to school without gloves/mittens.
If there is snow on the ground, please plan to pack your child’s snow pants.
Please remember to send 2 healthy snacks with your kinder each day.
Upcoming Dates
- Monday, Jan, 10…Art
- Tuesday, Jan 11…STEAM, -Take Home Books Due
- Wednesday, Jan 12…Music
- Thursday, Jan 13…Gym
- Friday, Jan 14…Art – Take Home Books Due, Happy Birthday Norah!
- Winter Break: February 12-15
