Just like in our SK writing this week, we're going to write our big idea first, and then all the details after it!
Big idea: We were sharing and giving thanks in SK this week!
Details: read on...
Daily 5
Decodable Book: Our new book is in Friday Folders and ready to join your black book box library; it has -it family words and our new star word "on" so practice reading it to add those new additions to our SK brains!
Star Word: "on" joins our Word Wall and we used it over and over this week! It's also great for rhyming...
Word Family: we have a new one! "-it" joins our word family neighborhood, and can make great words like fit, sit, lit, kit, and loads more! Practice going back and forth with your SKer, making new ones each time.
Language
Printing: Joyful, jubliant "J" and "j" joined our printing books this week! J: "start at the blue sky, pull down straight, add a monkey tail, pick up! Slide right on the blue sky." j: "start at the red fence, pull down straight, add the monkey tail, pick up! Dot in between the red fence and blue sky."
Scrapbooking: Aside from working hard on the mechanics (Upper case! Finger space! Ending punctuation!) we are adding "big idea" and "details" to our 2+ sentence writing. First we wrote "On Thursday we had a feast!" (our big idea), and then wrote details afterward about the songs, the slideshow, the hats, the food!
Math
Coins: We worked in groups of three to sort our coin collections into pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. We made a graph to show how many coins we had of each!
Number Posters: We worked with a partner to show all the different ways we can write a number: numeral, word, tally, coin, dice, domino, etc! It was great fun to see all the ways a number can show itself. Look around at your world at home to see how numbers show up.
Roll & Graph: We rolled dice and practiced reading the face without counting each dot. It's tricky, but it really speeds up our work when we can see a number and know it quickly without counting!
Science
Labels: We labeled a non-fiction illustration of a turkey! We identified different body parts (wattle! caruncle! spur!) and wrote labels for our illustration. We even colored our turkeys the realistic colors we would find out in nature!
Extra! Extra! Announcements:
Sleeping Bags: they're headed your way for a good wash this weekend! We'll welcome them back first thing Monday morning so that each friend has a fresh clean spot for rest.
Coming up:
- Where's the Teacher?! Thank you all for your flexibility and support; Ms. Schwartz was out with a stomach bug Monday/Tuesday, and Mrs. Duffey succumbed to a sinus infection on Wednesday. We surely missed being here with friends, and we look forward to making it a great, jampacked, mini week coming up!
- Short Week:
- Grandparents & Special Friends: Thank you for sending in your form to us, and communication with the Parents Association, to let us know your plans for the short day next Wednesday! We look forward to our 8:30-9:30 celebration!
- Writing work: We'll give friends a chance to label lots of things, keep writing lists, and even begin to learn how to write a recipe! These are great things for them to practice with you at home too, especially around the holidays (where lists and recipes can make all the difference between a feast and a flop!)
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