Week in Review ~ December 1st - 5th

Can you believe we are already into December? Today was our 61st day...we are officially 1/3 of our way done with the school year. Along with everything we are busy learning the excitement seems to be growing in K2 as we get closer to the holidays.

In ELA our essential question was What places do you go during the week? We brainstormed all the different places we visit during the week. Here's a look at the concept web we filled in.

 

We listened to the stories Please Take Me For a Walk, Field Trips, and The Neighborhood. In reading groups we read the decodables Cal's Busy Week, Going by Cab, or We Can Go depending on which group they are in. The letter we focused on this week was Cc and we talked about the hard c sound as in cat and the soft sound of c as in circus. Ask your child if they remember what makes the Cc make a hard or soft sound. Hint: it has to do with the vowel that follows the c in a word. Our new sight word was go and we reviewed all other introduced sight words. At home, say a sight word and ask your child to spell it or write it down. That's another great way for them to "own" the words! During learning centers we searched the room for word cards that began with Cc, built simple sentences using sight words, matched pictures to letter sound they begin with, and wrote in our journals about the different things we do during the week.

In Math we started Topic 6 titled "Numbers to 100" where we discussed what number comes after 20 and then worked with the hundreds chart. We looked at what patterns are on the hundreds chart in the rows and columns.

We then focused in on the last column that counts by 10's. We counted how many fingers we have in K2...260!!! Then we made number lines using cards that count by ten. The K2ers had to cut them out and then glue them in the correct order. They had a lot of fun doing that.

We will be finishing Topic 6 next week and then we will moving into addition and subtraction.

As a reminder: K2 will be shopping at the Elf Shop on Monday morning from 9:00-9:30. If you would like to come shop with your child, you may do so, but if you can't make it during that time Mrs. Ouellette and I will be there to help the class.

Have a wonderful weekend!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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