Games

This week our theme was “Games & Sportsmanship”.  The focus of our week was on taking turns, sharing, participating and being a good sport.  Many of our games incorporated academic skills such as counting, colors, shapes, matching, etc…  To finish our week the second grade classes came in to play games with us!  Our letter for the week was Gg and our number was 8. 

Next week our theme will be “Dinosaurs”.  We will be making dinosaur masks and dotted dinosaurs.  The children will also watercolor dinosaurs made out of paper plates and participate in centers to learn about sorting, graphing and patterning. We will focus on the letter Dd and the number 9.

 Reminders & Updates:                 

       *No School: Jan 23^rd (Inservice)

*Movie Theater Fieldtrip: Wednesday, Feb. 4^th OR Thursday, Feb. 5^th.  Your child will need to bring $3.00 for snack (small popcorn & soda) due by Jan. 28^th or 29^th.

*Report cards will be sent home later this month.  It would be beneficial to your child if you took time to practice any of the skills that they are still struggling with.

*Early Release Day: Thursday, Feb. 19^th.

*No School: Friday, Feb. 20^th.

Snowmen & Snow

This week our theme was “Snowmen & Snow”.  The children made snowmen & snowflakes.  We worked together with a partner to create a page for our classroom book called We Made A Snowman!  We also worked on patterning, counting, 1:1 correspondence (touching & counting each object) and numerical order.  Our letter for the week was Ss and we learned about the number 7.

Next week our theme will be “Games & Sportsmanship”.  The focus of our week will be on taking turns, sharing, staying focused/involved and being a good sport.  It would be a great idea to play games at home with your child and practice these skills as well.  Many of our games also incorporate academic skills such as counting, colors, shapes, matching, etc… To finish our week the second grade classes will come in to play games with us!  Our letter for the week will be Gg and we and we will learn about the number 8.

 Reminders & Updates:                                

*FBI Ice Skating Event: Friday, January 16^th @ the Simek Center for those that have signed up.

*Just a quick reminder that when the temperature is above zero the children go outside for recess.  Continue to bundle them up with warm winter clothing suitable for playing outside in the snow.  We want them to be warm and have fun!

*No School: Friday, Jan 23^rd (Inservice).

Winter Clothes

This week our theme was ‘Winter Clothing’.  We used our winter clothing to work on sorting, matching, classifying, graphing, colors and counting!  We played a variety of games to help us work on these skills as well.  Our letter for the week was Ww and our number was 6. 

Next week our theme will be ‘Snowmen & Snow’.  The children will be making snowmen & snowflakes.  We will work together with a partner to create a page for our next classroom book called We Made A Snowman!  We will also work on patterning, matching, counting, 1:1 correspondence (touching & counting each object) and numerical order.  We will learn about the number 7 and our letter for the week will be Ss. 

 Reminders & Updates:                                

* FBI Skating Slips: Due on January 12^th OR 13^th.

*No School: Friday, Jan 23^rd (Inservice)