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21 –Literacy: Home and Family.
Unit theme “What makes a home?” This
week we focused on the question, “What do families do at home?”
Writing: Being a
Writer curriculum promotes students’ growth as “skilled writers”. Students become creative accomplished writers
and critical thinkers. The children
listen to multiple genres and authors while learning the craft of writing. This week the children listened to the
story My Favorite Bear by Andrea Gabriel. The children discussed how
authors write about facts and things they know. As a class the children
generated an “Animals We Know About” chart. The children used their iPads to
write down names of animals that peaked their interest. From the list the students then created their
own stories about an animal and shared it orally with the class.
The words are, can, have, some, and they were added to the classroom word
wall. The students were able to use the word wall as a reference when they
created their stories.
Math: This week we worked on playing various games that
involved the numbers 1-20. The focus of these games was to reinforce number
recognition and number comparisons.
Social
Studies: Festival of Lights
St. Lucia Day – Swedish tradition December 13th
-Lucia wreaths – Girls made a wreath
of evergreens to wear on their head, and the wreath is adorned with candles.
-Star Boy caps-Boys made tall pointed
hats covered with stars to wear on their head.
Hanukkah- Jewish tradition December 6th –
December 14th (this year)
The following activities were
done this week to learn about Hanukkah.
-Menorahs- A special candleholder,
used only for Hanukkah. It has eight
branches that represent the eight nights of the holiday. The ninth branch holds the shammash or “
helper” that lights the other candles.
-Blue
Stars- Hanukkah decoration
Important
Dates:
Dec. 18 Winter Party
Dec.
22 Big Blast and Limo Rides – Cadet
Wear
Dec.
23-Jan. 1 Winter Break
Jan.
8 End of 2nd Quarter/ 1st
Semester
Jan. 12 Beginning of 3rd Quarter/2nd Semester
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