Week in Review--Gingerbread Men

Poem of the week!

Reading:

-Our sight words this week were the words “how” and “is”! 

-Please remember to practice your sight word flashcards each day as part of your homework.

-We worked this week on the word family –ap.  We generated words that belong in the –ap family.  There were a lot!

-We also worked on sounding out unfamiliar CVC words

-We  continued to work on responding to questions about a story

-We talked about summarizing the plot of a book

 

-The CAFÉ strategies we worked on this week were

“Responding to Questions

“Summarizing”

How can you help your child with the strategies at home?

 

1. Ask your child questions about the books you read together. Basic recall questions will help your child with story elements.  Who is the main character? Where did the story take place? 

2. Ask you child what happened at the beginning of the story.  Continue to talk about the story by asking “Then what?”  This will help with summarizing and the sequence of events.

Writing:

-This week in writing we focused on what words need to be capitalized when we write out CVC words to connect the writing to the work we are doing with word families

-We looked at a page from Mrs. Stevens’s book and added a second sentence to the page to give more detail. 

-We got a new Writer’s Checklist to use to check our writing.

-We used our new checklist to correct pages that our classmates have written

-We started a new 3 page book!

Math:

-In math this week we worked on writing the numbers 0-20.  Each student practiced the numbers that they were having difficulty forming correctly

-We played Number War (Math with Someone) which allows us to practice reading numbers in different forms and compare them to determine which one is larger

-We worked on drawing 2D shapes.  Students will be practicing drawing 2D shapes in a new “Math by Myself” station next week

-We reviewed 3D shapes

ELF ON THE SHELF

-Our elf arrived on Monday.  We read the story of Elf on the Shelf and named our elf Chippy.  He is watching our class carefully every day.  He seems to enjoy being up high where he can see everything.  

Content:

-This week our theme was gingerbread.

-We read various versions of the Gingerbread Man story pilgrim to life today.

-We made gingerbread people with our own story ideas.

-We made gingerbread headbands with patterns made out of candy.

 

-We chased our gingerbread man all over school when he turned into a cookie and ran away!  Then we ate him!





Other:

Every year we have a special store in our school around the holidays called "The Penguin Patch". This store has items at a ridiculously reduced price for students to bring money to purchase gifts for friends and family. We just love everything about this store! The best part is seeing their little faces light up with excitement to choose a gift for someone special and purchasing it on their own just like a grown up!







 

Next week:

 

--In writing we will be reviewing vowel sounds and adding the middle vowel sound to words.

 

--In math, we will be reviewing addition and shapes.

 

--In reading, we will focus on relating stories to ourselves and compare and contrast.

 

--Our theme next week will be Christmas

 

--Friday is Grinch Day!!!   Wear green to school.

Week in Review--Pilgrims and Native Americans!

**Somehow I misplaced the information to write about this week. Since I am on maternity leave, I am not certain exactly what went on in the classroom all week. Therefore, I will just be posting the pictures and video from this week and no captions. So sorry!

 

Poem of the Week!

Week in Review--Thanksgiving!

Poem of the Week!

Writing:

-This week in writing we practiced editing sentences. We checked for capital letters at the beginning of the sentence.  We checked for punctuation at  the end of the sentence.

-We talked about 3 kinds of punctuation: period, exclamation p9oint, and question mark

-We reviewed how to make our writing easy to read.

-We made a list of the things we are thankful for by saying the word slowly and listening for all of the sounds.

-We had a teacher conference to review our lists and make sure all of the sounds we heard were written down.

-We used our lists to make a turkey that shows what we are thankful for

 

Math:

-In math this week we worked on writing the numbers from 0 to 20.  You will receive the practice page we did in class, so you can see which numbers you child needs to practice.  This is a 2^nd quarter skill and will be tested before break.

-All students received take home addition flashcards.  Please practice your flashcards at home to build up addition fluency.

 

 

Reading:

-There were no sight words this week.  Your child received “Lightning Words” as part of their homework for the short week.  Hopefully, they practiced the words 3 times. 

-We reviewed the word families “-at” and “-ot” this week.

-We continued working on putting letter sounds together to make CVC words.

-We talked about story elements with our Thanksgiving books: characters, setting, and plot (beginning, middle, end)

 

-The CAFÉ strategies we worked on this week were

“Story Elements”

“Relating a Book to Yourself”

How can you help your child with the strategies at home?

1. Keep talking about the story elements as you share stories at home.

2. Ask you child how the book you read reminds them of his/herself.  Connecting to text will help with comprehension

 

 

Content:

-This week we talked more about the first Thanksgiving.

-We finished our Pilgrim and Native American craft.

-We celebrated the awards out turkeys won.

-We made an “What am I Thankful For??” turkey.

 

 

 

Next week:

 

In writing we will be talking about what gets a capital letter and introduce a new writing checklist.

 

In math, we will be practicing writing numbers from 0 to 20 and drawing 2D shapes.

 

In reading, we will focus on summarizing and comparing and contrasting different gingerbread stories.

 

Our theme next week will be gingerbread.