Second week in December: December 11th-15th

We have three birthdays over break so starting early to ensure each classmate receives a book.

 

A favorite read aloud this time of year.

I recommend this story for your home library.

We had some great discussions while reading this story!

Focusing on stretching an unknown word out (sounding out).

Reading: Practicing a reading strategy (Stretchy Snake).

Quiet Time Choice on Monday: Color By Number.  Goal: Read and write color words in a snap!

Math: Skip Counting By Tens

Practicing counting by 10s.

Kindergarten Goal: Skip count by tens to 100.

Independent work: Count by tens.

Writing 10s to 100.

Writing: Show & Tell 

Writing about his sisters.

Writing about place.

Tuesday's Read Aloud

We are comparing and contrasting several versions of The Gingerbread Man.

Reading word work: (you).

Handwriting: Lowercase f this week.

Lowercase f in his handwriting book.

Handwriting: Words For Me/ Sentence for me.

Morning Meeting: Message

Winter themed movement break!

Reading: Stick puppets with the characters from Jim Aylesworth's version of The Gingerbread Man.

Color

                                 Cut

She is reading with her teacher while classmates work in small groups.

Reading: Practicing retelling with their stick puppets.

Quiet Time: Whiteboards.

Center time: Art Table: Watercolors

Working on a birthday page for birthday number two occurring over break.

At th end of the writing block we typically have share.

Thursday's story!

Math: Focusing on teen numbers.

Making 12

Making 13

Working in their teen ten frame book.

Choice time: Puzzles

Choice time: Game Table: Tic Tac Toe

Game Table: Tic Tac Toe

Puzzles: 100 Piece Puzzle

Art Table: Watercolors: gingerbread house

Writer's Workshop: Show and Tell 

Writing About a Place He Knows Well: His home.

Friday's Story

Labeling a gingerbread man.

Tricky word: frosting

What strategies are you going to use to solve?

Sound out to solve, stretch the sounds.

Independent reading work: I Can Label A  Gingerbread Man.

Reading: While children are working on their independent reading work,

 other children are working with the teacher.

Reading two lines of text, rationing using reading strategies learned to solve unknown words.

Math: 13, 14, 15

Recording in her book pages 13, 14, & 15.

Choice time: Math Table

Pattern Block exploration.

Choice time: Drawing and Coloring Table

Choice time: Puzzles: Proud to have completed a 100 piece gingerbread house puzzle!

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

It is a busy time.

Coming up this week:

Monday: Hat Day

Tuesday: Sweater Day

Wednesday: Guess How Many Day

Thursday: Wear Blue & White or a Snowflake

Friday: No School, Winter Break!