First Week in January

Quiet Time choice: Happy New Year color by number.

Monday's read-aloud.

Word study practice work.

Handwriting: lowercase vowels i and u.

chalkboards

Letter i page in the handwriting book.

Letter u page in the handwriting book.

Choice Time: Pretend: Playing with sea animals.

Choice time: Sea animals and ocean vehicles.

Choice time: building with Magnetics.

Choice time: Pretend: Playing in the kitchen.

Choice time: Q-Tip painting (gingerbread boy, girl, house).

Read Aloud

Writer's Workshop: Writing resolutions.

Making bells to ring in the new year!

Working on making her writing easy to read by putting finger spaces between words.

Fancying her bell.

Sharing resolutions!

Word study practice work.

Choice time easel drawing.

A fun read-aloud!

Reading: Practicing Pointer Power, Slider Power, and Sight Word Power.

The children are working very hard to look carefully at the print 

and keep match not adding, omitting, or guessing, but using their strategies to solve.

Guided Reading Group

slider power to solve 

labeling

pointer power

Science: Weather Unit

We have been learning about severe weather.

Dr. Record joined our classroom on Wednesday at snack time and our read-aloud weather lesson.

Math: Teen numbers in ten frames.

Quiet time choice: white boards

Practicing math on his whiteboard.

Choosing to practice drawing and labeling on her whiteboard.

Proud of how many she got done!

Math: Teens in ten frames (13).

Math: Teens in ten frames (14).

Terrific Teens book page 13.

Terrific teens book page 14.

Morning Job: Sign In

The children's first name sign-in cards were sent home and the children are now practicing their last names.

Morning Meeting: Greeting: Knock-Knock

Ask your child how the knock-knock greeting goes.

Quiet time: Yoga: Dinosaurs

Handwriting: lowercase e on the chalkboards.

Wet lowercase e on the chalkboards.

Ee is for eel.

Handwriting book practice.

Uu is for umbrella.

Handwriting book practice.

Writing: Decorate your gingerbread.

Write a sentence about your gingerbread.

We had several ninja gingerbread.

Sharing writing

I love to read this one to the children!

Reading: Meeting a Bear Scientist and learning about her job.

 Let's Find Out: Reading and following directions.

Math: Solving addition word problems.

Independent work

 

Showing work and writing number sentences.

Choice time: 100-piece Scooby Doo puzzle.

Choice time: Building with Magnetics.

Choice time: Pretend: Kitchen

Puzzles

iPad choice

Choice time: Pretend: Sea animals, sea tow.

Choice time: Sea animals

The children were thrilled to play in the snow Friday!

Making snowballs with the fresh new snow!

Trying to catch snow on her tongue.

The girls are having fun in the snow!

Thanks for sending snow pants and boots with dry shoes to change into.

Even without the snow, it has been quite muddy out there.