Monday, February 7, 2011

This week

I would like to extend a big thanks to the following parents who have been in to help with our Teddy Bear Project!

Nikole Emerson
Elsa Alonzo
Angelica Basurto
Melanie Espinoza
Debi Scott
Katie Webb
Ron Sapp
Kristin Trerise
Brandi Coffman-Luckcuck

It truly makes such a difference to have your support and the kids are so excited about this very special project! We are a little farther along in the morning, but both classes are doing a great job. 


This is what we have going on this week:

Reading: 
We are focusing on the letter e, the /oo/ sound like in room, moon, and zoom and the sight word this.

Writing:
In addition to journal writing, we are starting a book about the process of making our Teddy Bears. Parent volunteers have been photographing the kiddos as they work on their bears so that each child can create a book documenting the process of their work. Rather than the kids coming up with the writing on their own, these pages contain sentence frames and the kids will suggest words that we can write in to describe what they have done for each step of the process. Today we worked on completing the sentence

First, I sewed _________ and ___________ on my  bear. 

The children wrote in 2 eyes and then 1 heart in the spaces and we will add a photo once I get them printed.

Math:
Today we talked about both 2-D and 3-D shapes. We talked about how 2 dimensional shapes like circles, rectangles, squares, and triangles are flat compared to 3 dimensional shapes like cubes, spheres, cones, and cylinders which take up space. Since the concept of 3-D is pretty tricky to understand, I related it to 3-D movies where things pop out compared to regular movies where the images are just flat on the screen. The kids got to talk with partners to share examples from real life where they have seen each of the 2-D and 3-D shapes.

We will also begin working on sorting this week with different colored cards that show different shapes. Students will sort by color and then also by shape and size.

Fun Stuff:
On Wednesday or Thursday we will make special holders for Valentine cards that will get hung in the hallway. Then students can start delivering their Valentine cards in preparation for our party and Valentine exchange on Monday. I needed to change the party times a bit in order to not conflict with the ELD schedule so the new times are as follows:

AM 9:00-10:00 for Valentine activity, Valentine exchange and snack followed by conversation heart graphs from 10:00-10:30 during ELD time

PM 12:45-1:15 for Valentine activity, 1:15-1:45 for conversation heart graphs, then 1:45-2:25 for Valentine exchange and snack.

These times are different than the times listed on the February calendar I sent home.

Literacy Bags:
Parents who have children participating in the Literacy Bags rotation, please make sure to check the items against the checklist prior to returning the bags. We have had several activity pieces and books go missing and this really affects the success of the program for children who receive the bags with items missing.

Also, please make sure to return the bags on Monday. Thanks for your support. We really want to do our best to keep the rotation flowing smoothly which means bags need to be back on time with all items included.


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