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Literacy

Treasures: 

This week, the children worked with blends (bl, cl,gl,fl,pl, sl). They read stories about silly animals and going to school. The children worked with visualizing and sequencing the events of a story this week. Their favorite story was, If You Take A Mouse To School. We read several of Laura Numeroff’s books this week and after reading each one, the children worked together to sequence the events of the story. To end the week, they each wrote their very own book titled, If You Give A First Grader A Book.  

Grammar Packets:

The children worked with proper nouns again this week. They learned that days, months, and holidays are proper nouns. All proper nouns begin with capital letters. The children enjoyed creating their very own proper noun pizza this week. Hidden under each pepperoni is a proper noun.

Writing:

This week, we continued working on our letter writing unit. The children each wrote a friendly letter to author Mo Willems, who we studied in LMC. On Wednesday, they worked with a peer to edit their letters. 

On Thursday, the children wrote their final copy in their best handwriting. The children addressed their envelopes to Mo Willems on Friday and we placed them in the mail. We hope that Mo Willems writes back to us!

Math 

In Math, the children worked on measuring objects using non standard units, their personal foot, a standard foot, a 12 inch ruler, and a 6 inch ruler. They measured objects to the nearest foot and to the nearest inch. The children recorded their measurements using approximation language. My pencil is about 6 inches. The bookshelf is a little more than 4 feet.   

Social Studies

This week, we started our Winter Holidays unit. The children learned about how people celebrate Diwali, Eid, and Kwanzaa. We read several books and used Pebble Go to research each of the holidays. After learning about the traditions and celebrations for each holiday, the children wrote about the holidays in their Holiday Traditions book. They will bring home their book to share with you at the start of winter break. 

On Tuesday, after learning about Diwali the children decorated Rangoli. We hung them on our classroom door to welcome friends and relatives into our classroom.

On Friday, after learning about Kwanzaa the children made Unity Cups and wrote a Harambee paper. They learned that “Harambee” means “let’s pull together.” The children each wrote about how they pull together with their friends and family. 

Star Student

Samir was our star student this week. Thanks Samir for sharing all about you!

Royal Reader

A special thank you to Samir’s Mom, she joined us this week as our Royal Reader. The children really enjoyed listening to the four stories that Mrs. Mohammad read, Guess Who Hides, Guess Who Swims, Macaws, and Turtles. 

I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!