La lectura
We had such a great time this week reading a bunch of different holiday stories. A few of our favorites were The Gingerbread Man and Clifford’s First Christmas. Everyone was so happy to make special presents for their family and to get the coveted….Friday computer time!
Las matemáticas
We had a great time with our holiday math this week. We really enjoyed using the gum drops and learning to use the number lines for math sums.
Circle Time with the Gingerbread Baby
History & Geography
This week in our social studies unit we learned about the Pilgrims interaction with the Wampanoag and the first Thanksgiving. We also had fun hearing several versions of the Gingerbread Man story. We wrote about them in our journal, colored a Gingerbread Man student book and made some crafts. On Friday we decorated cookies and baby gingerbread ornaments.
reading our Gingerbread Man books
Our objectives this week were:
• identify the seven continents of the world and the oceans.
• explain the significance of Plymouth Rock
• describe the Pilgrims’ first year in America
Science
This week we finished our Five Senses domain. The students listened to a poem called The Thing That Bothered Farmer Brown and then acted out all the noises he heard. We also had a lesson on “super” senses, how our senses can be enhanced. On Thursday we had a review and our assessment.
Our objectives were to:
• demonstrate understanding of how the senses of sight and hearing can be enhanced
• distinguish fantasy from realistic text
• become familiar with instruments invented to aid the senses of sight and hearing
• review the 5 senses and the body parts associated with them
Specialists: