I hope your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. Here are some pictures from our celebration last week!
Happy December!
Please Mark Your Calendars:
- Holiday Celebration- An Ornament Making Extravaganza- Tuesday, December 22nd. All are welcome to come!
We are excited to try a new Starfish holiday tradition with the first annual ornament making holiday party. We are looking forward to a wonderful event. More information home soon!
Here's just a glimpse on what we've been working on:
- Pulled out Mrs. Murphy's December Book Collection. Read The Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett
- Made a class holiday countdown chain
- Read the Scholastic News article about Holiday Workers. Talked about the main idea of the article the found the supporting details
- Played the game "Sparkle" with our Words of the Day
- Used our 5 senses with a popcorn making exploration
- Added the words too, very, because, give, and came to our personal word walls
- Becoming Super Smart about nonfiction topics during Reader's Workshop
- Writing lots of teaching books in Writer's Workshop
- Learned how to tackle spelling tricky words in our teaching books. Today we focused on using syllables to help spell words in our writing
- Learned about frames and arrows in math
- Working on two literacy centers each day in small groups. In the centers this week we speed sorted our sorts, handwriting, and writing words with white boards
- Played the math game, "Name that Number" on the IPADs
Questions to ask your child to promote school talk...
- Tell me some of the nonfiction books you are writing.
- What was one sense you used when you made popcorn today?
- What have you been doing for morning work when you get to school each day?
- Can you tell me how to do a speed sort?
- What book did you read from Mrs. Murphy's December book collection with your partner?
- Can you show me what you know about frames and arrows? Can you draw one for me?
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