I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! The week ahead is going to be a busy one. Please be sure to take a look at the important dates below. :)
Important Dates:
December 20th:
Holiday Tradition Projects Due
December 21st:
Q and U Wedding
December 23rd:
Pajama Day!
Last Day Before Break (Full Day)
December 26th-January 2nd:
No School
Holiday Break
January 3rd:
Students Return to School
Announcements
Q and U Wedding
A friendly reminder that the wedding of Q and U will take place this Wednesday, December 21st. If possible, please have your child bring a wrapped/packaged item that begins with the letter Q and/or U (q-tips, quilt, quarter, unicorn, umbrella, etc.) for the wedding shower. Students are also welcome to dress up for the occasion if they would like to!
Quiet Time Towels
Quiet Time towels were sent home on Friday for washing. Please return your child's clean towel to school tomorrow (Monday). Thank you so much!
Curriculum Update:
Fundations
Last week in Fundations the children learned about the letters qu. and z. They also practiced reading the sight word "from". In the upcoming week we will review all of the sight words that have been taught so far this year, and prepare for the Q and U wedding!
Math
In math we continue to learn about the concept of adding, or putting two groups together. Last week the students were introduced to the + and = symbols, and learned that these are used to write addition number sentences, also known as equations.
We also continued to practice the concept of greater than and less than, and learned a new game to help practice this skill!
Another highlight of our week was getting to meet our favorite ST Math mascot, JiJi! It was so exciting to meet JiJi in person, and they even awarded us with a special certificate to celebrate the progress all of the students have made so far this year. Thank you JiJi!
Reader's Workshop
In Reader's Workshop we continued to enjoy old storybook favorites last week. The students loved hearing our new class favorite, The Carrot Seed again, and did a great job sequencing the events of the story. At the end of the week we read Golidlocks and the Three Bears and then compared it to the book Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems. We used a venn diagram to show how these two stories are the same and how they are different.
Writer's Workshop
Last week in Writer's Workshop the class continued to work on their "All About" pattern books. As this unit comes to a close, each child's goal is to complete, or publish, at least one of their pieces making sure that they include lots of colors, details, labels, and even a cover! I'm excited to share pictures from our writer's celebration which will take place this week!
Friday Free Choice!
There's no better way to end a busy week then with Friday free choice with friends!
Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! Please check back soon to watch us learn, grow, and play in the wonderful world that is K!
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