Last week in ELA our essential questions was "What places do you go during the week?" We discussed how some K2ers go to the grocery store, the barber shop, gymnastics, the doctors, and the mall during the week. Our vocabulary words were local, routine, neighborhood, volunteer, and intelligent. We listened to the stories Please Take Me For a Walk, Field Trips, and A Neighborhood. We focused in on the letter Cc and the two sounds it makes; /k/ and /s/. The sight word go was also introduced. The K2ers are doing a great job knowing the sight words at home fluently so keep practicing. In learning centers we practiced writing the letter Cc, sorted pictures by if they started with the hard sound of Cc (/k/) or the soft sound of Cc (/s/), wrote in our journals about something we do during the week, and practiced out sight words. We are also busy, busy, busy reading stories!
In Math we started Topic 5 where are are Classifying and Counting Data. We are classifying all types of groups such as animals that fly and animals that do NOT fly. We will finish up this topic this week or early next week due to today's snow day.
This past week we also started meeting with Mrs. Weldon's 3E friends for Book Buddies. We will meet with them from now until the end of the school year periodically. This week our 3E friends read some poetry to their Book Buddy.
Our 3E friends are also helping us with the collection of money to help the children in the hospital during the holiday season. This is the 2nd year that Thiago and his parents are doing this. Here is a picture of Thiago from last year delivering the toys to UMass Hospital.
As a reminder, all donations can be brought in this week and are due by Friday, December 16th. We are asking for $1.00 from each child at JA and toys will be bought with the money collected. If we raise $500.00 then the students at JA can have pajama day on December 23rd. If we raise $1000.00 then the teachers can wear pajamas, too!
With winter weather now here, please remember to dress your child in appropriate clothes for outdoor recess. We try to go out as much as possible if it is not too cold. Be sure to send them with a coat, hat, gloves/mittens, and boots.
Enjoy the rest of this snow day...I am off to get my wrapping started!
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