Week of December 12th

 Happy Friday!

It has been a Christmas filled week in Kindergarten! This week we had a great time learning about how the weather changes in different months and seasons. Our read alouds this week were Every Season, Jump Into January, Elf Pets: An Arctic Fox Tradition, and Twas The Night Before Christmas. 

                                          

In ELA this week we focused on how the weather changes in different months and seasons! We spoke about Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall and the months! We drew pictures in our workbooks of us doing an activity in the winter or summer and compared pictures with the class. We continued working through our phonics program reviewing the sounds & letters of b, t, f, m, n, i, u, o, c, a, g, d, s, e, r, p & j. We introduced three new consonants 'h', 'l', and 'k'. Our letter of the week was 'Ii'! We met our next letter person Mr. I with Impossible Inches and completed our puppet! In grammar we learned that each sentence must have a "naming part" and a "action part", and that the naming part is called the subject. We underlined the subjects in sentences as worked as a class to write a complete sentence. We continued working through Chapter 4 in Math. We focused on the words first, second, third, fourth, and fifth. We also identified and wrote 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10! In Social Studies we continued our holiday travels to Germany, Greenland, and Israel! We lit the third candle on our Advent wreath and spoke about joy! They sang Spanish Christmas songs in Spanish, used movement scarfs in Music, and played a Christmas themed game of tag in Gym! They also completed their Christmas bears in Art. 

Center time as a hit this week! In the Word Work Center I worked with the students doing word families! We identified & matched pictures that ended in -og and -ot! In the Art Center the students made a special surprise with Mrs. Lowe :). In the math center the student did various hands on Christmas mats that included a Roll & Cover, Build it Up!, Count & Find, Number Tracing, and Count & Write! In the discovery center the students used green playdoh and popsicle sticks to create Christmas trees. Students read a book, played on the iPad, or did a puzzle in the free center!

Winter was very active this week! He was found star gazing, roasting marshmallows with furry friends, and even messing with Ms. E! Winter did have to give our class a little "warning" form because of some chit-chat, but we were up to the task and Winter gained his magic back the next day! :)

Next Week: 

• Monday: Lunch with Santa! The children will be served pizza, a drink, and a special allergy free, cold treat for dessert. The children will also take a picture with Santa! The cost is $6.00. If your child does not eat pizza, please send in lunch. 
• Wednesday: Our class Christmas celebration & Book Exchange! For the book exchange, please send in a wrapped gender-neutral book by Tuesday. Thank you so much for everything!
• Last call for donations to Rosemont Care Facility by Monday! The donation due date was pushed back and we will still be accepting donations on Monday! Thanks!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    We hope you have a wonderful weekend!

    Best,

        Miss Ryan & Mrs. Lowe