Weekly News (Jan. 22-Feb. 2)

Math
This week we finished our unit on numbers 0-20 with a focus on teen numbers. Next week we will begin our shape unit that will focus on the features of 2 and 3-dimensional shapes. The students will learn about the similarities and differences between squares, rectangles, triangles, and circles. They will also terms such as corner, edge, and face to help describe and name different shapes.

Sequencing Numbers AM

Sequencing Numbers PM

Groundhog Day Roll-and-Cover

Literacy
Reading Workshop
This week during reading workshop, we revisited the book How Bees Make Honey to help us learn strategies to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words. Using some of the strategies from our "S-T-O-P-I-T!" chart, we were able to better understand the meaning of the words--cells, mate, and nectar.

We also read the book Healthy Habits and learned how to identify key details that support the big idea of the text. While listening to the book, the students acted like detectives and used good thinking skills as they worked to figure out how all the facts fit together to support the big idea--there are many things we can do to keep our bodies healthy every day. After examining the table of contents, reading the headings, and thinking about the big idea, the students were able to identify the following habits we should do everyday to stay healthy:

1. Eat good foods like fruit, eggs, and nuts

2. Drink plenty of milk and water

3. Clean and protect our skin

4. Brush and floss our teeth

5. Play hard for exercise

6. Get lots of sleep

Writing Workshop

The children continue to gain confidence in themselves as writers every week. They are working hard to match up letters with the sounds they hear, and they are beginning to include the following elements in their writing:

• Capital letter at the beginning of each sentence
• Spaces between words
• Lowercase letters throughout each sentence
• Period at the end of each sentence

Groundhog Day

In honor of Groundhog Day and as a math extension, we made predictions about whether or not Punxsutawney Phil would see his shadow on Groundhog Day. We graphed our predictions and then watched Phil as he came out of his hole to see if he saw his shadow. Looks like there will be six more weeks of winter!

All About Me

The morning class loved learning about Jessica and all of her favorite things. We learned that Jessica enjoys playing with her Shopkins and her Peppa Pig figurines. She also likes soccer, and she is a big fan of all things Disney. Jessica also enjoys coloring and spending time with her family!

Thank you to Jessica's mom for coming in to read a
fun Dr. Seuss story!

We had a great time learning all about Samuel too. We learned that Samuel enjoys drawing and coloring, and his favorite color is yellow. We also learned that Samuel enjoys building with Legos and spending time with his family!

Donald Duck Buys a House--What a fun story!
Thank you to Samuel's mom for coming in to read to us!

Our afternoon class loved learning about Alex and all of his favorite things! We learned that Alex loves dinosaurs and building with Legos. He also enjoys playing with his car collection and his action figures. Alex also likes math and spending time with his family!

We had a great time learning about Ainsley and all of her favorite things too! We learned that Ainsley is a big fan of Dr. Seuss, and she enjoys playing games like Bop It! Ainsley also likes playing with her Shopkins, and her favorite color is red. She likes to dance and spend time with her family too!

Thank you to Ainsley's mom for coming in to read
Harry the Dirty Dog--such a cute story!

Thanks for reading!

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Have a great week!