Panda News:

We continued to work on our gingerbread theme.  Next week we focused on Jan Brett's The Gingerbread Baby.

 

I posted some pictures on FLICKR.  Check them out!

Language Arts:  

We worked on uppercase I, T, & J.  We also worked on the word the. We worked on our class version of the gingerbread story.  The children are having so much fun being authors. 

Math:

We continued to work on practicing teen numbers.  We played a variety of games using dice and ten frames.  We also worked on representing hexagons different ways and recording the information we found. 

Art:  

The students created collage gingerbread kids.  We also worked on placemats for our cookie decorating.

Social Studies:  

The STA is running community service project to collect food for the needs of people in our community.  They can bring in a canned good to add to the deposit boxes.  Also don't forget about the other service projects going on throughout the school. 

Book of the Week: The Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Song of the Week: Adventures in Exercise
(check out the video on the student resource page)

 

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters:  uppercase review

Phonics Letters: u

Word of the Week: am

Gingerbread Decorating:  12/22 @ 2:05 

PJ Day: 12/23

Winter Vacation: 12/24-1/2/15

PANDA NEWS:

We have begun work on our gingerbread unit.  We have read a few versions of the folktale The Gingerbread Man.

 

Thank you to all that help support our school and classroom.  We couldn't do it without you.

Language Arts:  

We worked on lowercase G, S, and A.  We also worked on the word is.  We started writing our on version of The Gingerbread Man

Math:

We worked on attributes and shape.  We have been practicing counting to fifty by ones.

Art:  

The students worked on a winter quilt this week.  They decorated their painted gingerbread men.

Social Studies:  The STA is running community service project to collect food for the needs of people in our community.  They can bring in a canned good to add to the deposit boxes.  Also don't forget about the other service projects going on throughout the school.

Book of the Week: The Gingerbread Boy by Karen Schmidt
Song of the Week:  "The Gingerbread Man" by Jack Hartman
(check out the video on the student resource page)

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: T, J & I

Phonics Letters:  s & z

Word of the Week: the

Early Release: 12/17 @ 12:50

Gingerbread Decorating Party: 12/22 @ 12:30

PJ Day: 12/23