Dec. 6 - 10

It has been a very cold week so the kids were cooped up until today!  Hooray!  We got to go outside!  I was very proud of how independently the kids put on their snow gear.  Make sure it is all labeled.

Language Arts:  The letter of the week was "d" and  we had two sight words:  "at" and "to."  We read books about dinosaurs and dogs and wrote responses.  We played Doggie Bingo with sight words.  The kids brought these home.  If your child already knows these words you can challenge them by stated a sentence that has sight words and they can cover all the sight words they hear:  I am going to the store.  I am to and the are all sight words in that sentence. 
We began reading a few versions of The Gingerbread Man focusing on the story elements of character, setting, problem and ending.  By hearing different versions, we can compare and contrast. 

Math:  We continue practicing writing our numbers and we added Top It to our math boxes.  The game is much like Spit where the player with the higher number gets both cards.  We talked more about weight and explore the pan balance.  We discussed probability and the terms "certain," "possible," and "impossible."

Social Studies:  Our Cool Tool for the week was "keep your hands and feet to self."  We reviewed the importance of staying in your own personal space and expressing yourself through words and I Messages, not physically.

Science:  We learned about things that are Living and Non Living.

Notes:  Thank you to the parents who made gingerbread playdoh for next week and to the parents who bought and brought gingerbread cookie kits!  You are priceless!
Have a great weekend!