Calendar
At this time of year our math highlights the 100th Day of School together!
There is daily practice at calendar (and math time) with counting.
Counting by ones: K Goal 100+
Counting on from any given number: K Goal to 100
Counting backwards: K Goal 15-0
Skip counting by 10s: K Goal to 100
Skip counting by 5s: K Goal to 50
When time allows check in with your child. If one of these skills is still tricky,
additional practice will often help to secure and build confidence with numbers.
They may benefit from seeing it written out.
Math
Independent work: Number detective.
What is the missing number?
I am encouraging the children to take their time to record numbers correctly.
Fresh snow for morning recess!
A fun read aloud!
Thank you to the Goodspeed/Parnes family for this donation.
We will keep it in our Pete The Cat collection for all to enjoy!
Phonics
This week learning about how ck works in words.
Stations
Red Word Practice: go
No, go, and so this week.
Handwriting
Lowercase x: Slide down letter, dry try with chalk
Lowercase y: Slide down (tail letter) dry try with chalk.
Lowercase y: Slide down (tail letter), feeling the formation in their wet y.
Handwriting
Practicing the correct formation of lowercase x and y.
Quiet Time Option: The Three Little Pigs Word Search
Read Aloud
This is a wonderful story. It was new to all the children and they enjoyed it!
Centers
Art Table
Sponge painting Valentines Day pockets.
Centers
Art Easel: An architect. Designing a building of her own!
Centers
Puzzles
They finished the 100 piece Surf Rider Puzzle!
Blocks
Creating their own buildings.
World Language: Spanish
They have been learning colors.
Math
Making a necklace of 100 for the one hundredth day of school!.
Counting by fives to 100!
Taking break from stringing to count how far he is into his necklace.
Some wanted to wear the necklace for a bit. One hundred takes some time to string! Please take a few minutes at home to listen to your child count by fives. If this is still tricky hang it somewhere in the house where it can be practiced.
Necklaces hung and ready to wear to celebrate our 100th Day School!
Sliding feet first down the hill on their snowpants was a hit during this recess!
Stations
Red Word Practice: like
Quiet Time Choice: Thin Marker Coloring: An intricate heart.
Some children love these so much they ask if they can work on them more at Centers.
Some children mounted theirs to turn it into a valentine!
Writing
Preparing a page for the next classmate's birthday which is over vacation.
I hope you get a cat stuffy.
I hope you get Chinese food.
I hope you have great time at Turks and Caicos.
I hope you have good birthday.
I hope you get ice cream.
ice cream cake with cookie dough
I hope you like your birthday cake.
I hope that you get a penguin stuffy.
I hope your cake is good.
Read Aloud
Another favorite Valentine's Day story about the meaning of love.
I recommend this one for your home library!
Math
Sharing her Mystery Collection of 100!
100 tiny beads do not take up much space!
100 colorful erasers
Ready with three good clues!
100 popsicle sticks
100 Cheerios
100 colorful beads
Reading the clues he wrote one at time.
Happy to share his 100 coffee beans.
100 mini white chocolate chips.
As each of the children read a clue we took turns guessing based on what was provided.
100 black eyed peas
All Mystery Collections were great!
Thank you for supporting your child with preparing for this activity!
We are having fun with it!
A snow fort.
Centers
Art Table
Fancying his Valentine Pocket.
Some children used stencils.
Adding many details with a thin marker.
Some children used stamps.
No two pockets alike!
Pleased with his finished pocket!
Ready to be hung!
The Middle school girls came for another mindful lesson.
The focus was what it means to be grateful.
He is drawing what he is grateful for: his pets.
food
family
pets
The girls played Four Corners with the children.
We hung our Valentine's Day pockets Tuesday and began delivering on Wednesday morning. We did a few children at a time allowing each child to read who each is to and deliver their valentine in the appropriate pocket. They did a great job!
They really enjoyed this!
There were so many smiles!
This is an exciting day for them!
All the valentines that came to school were delivered before the day was done!
The children colored and cut out 100th Day crowns to celebrate our one hundredth day of school!
Stacked and ready for day 100!
Read Aloud
We discussed how people use different tools and materials for different purposes.
vocabulary
Go Noodle movement activity before their SEL lesson.
Mrs. McDermott introduced the children to Kelso!
A lesson defining small and big problems.
The lesson highlighted what may be smaller problems to try and solve on your own and shared what may be bigger problems that you would seek the help form a trusted adult.
Celebrating another February class birthday. This one lands during vacation.
Counting how many six year olds now.
Completing calendar activities.
Day 100!
Fixing one bundle of 100, zero tens, zero ones.
Sharing her Mystery One Hundred Collection.
Hands go up! Guesses begin.
Is it ...?
Reading his clues.
100 colorful popsicle sticks!
Reading one clue at a time.
Yes. You solved it. 100 pieces of dog food.
100 Q-Tips
100 Pokemon cards
The birthday boy delivers his valentines first on Friday!
They had so much fun delivering their valentines!
And the last one is delivered!
When can we open?
Delivered and waiting to be explored!
A math read aloud for our 100th Day of School!
Math
100 Gumballs
Dotting 10 of each color.
Cutting it out.
Decorating the gumball machine.
Coloring the bubble letters.
Ta Da!
Some were completed by fives and some by tens!
Reading
Whole group practice of an emergent reader called I Love...
Stations
Working independently in their I Love... emergent reader.
Reading group with Mrs. Cornell.
Some children are reading this story.
Some are reading a valentines decodable reader.
Happy 100th Day of School!
Necklace of 100 beads, crown, and gumball machine!
Excited!
Celebrating 100 Days of School, Valentine's Day and his birthday!
I hope you had a great birthday! 🎈
When time allows over Winter Break please listen to your child count by fives to 100. They can us their necklace. If your child is not quite there yet, then keep the necklace handy for practice.
!00 Days Smarter!
Taking a moment to be silly! They have earned it! 🤪
They opened and read each one. There were so many smiles!
I am very proud of the thoughtfulness and effort put into preparing and delivering their valentines! 💕
They appeared pleased and I heard many say thank you to each other!!
There was a lot of reading involved. Fun to scratch off and read a joke!
Thank you! 😍
A read aloud on Friday.
The children created a layered heart valentine with watercolor paints.
Paint and cut as many layers as you would like.
Mount on construction paper and decide if you will keep it for yourself
or give to someone for Valentine's Day.
Some of these were made to give as a gift for Valentine's Day.
I hope you discovered them in your child's Home/School folder!
We had an enjoyable week!
Have a wonderful Winter Break! ♥️
