Janurary 5th - January 9th

What We Are Learning

Reading:  Because two weeks is a long time to take a break from our Daily 5 reading routine, we reviewed expectations for read to self, read to someone, word work, work on writing, and listen to reading.  We also practiced retelling and sequencing stories.

Alphabet: We focused on vowel sounds this week. We reviewed long and short sounds the letters Aa, Ee, & Ii make. We also learned that vowels are glue that stick words together.  Ask your child to sing you the Sticky Letters song!

Writing:  This week we started a new writing unit.  We are now writing “How To” stories.  We practiced together how to create a title and describe three steps on how to do something.  Ask your child about their “How to Build a Snowman” story.

Math: We started a new geometry unit this week. We reviewed how to identify circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, and hexagons. We also described the attributes these shapes have (sides and corners). Ask your child about the activity they are doing with magazines.

Theme: During theme this week, we did a book study on the book The Mitten by Jan Brett.  We retold the story using pictures, created our own class book, and wrote a sentence describing a mitten we created.

Holiday Party

A HUGE “Thank You” to everyone who helped with the Holiday Party! The kids loved everything! I have uploaded several photos from that day onto our classroom blog (mrshappelslittleapples.blogspot.com).

Glue Sticks

We are in despite need of glue sticks. We use them regularly and could really use some for our classroom.  Thank you all for your generosity!

Class Blog

I make updates weekly onto our classroom blog (mrshappelslittleapples.blogspot.com). On the front page of the blog, I have placed a section you can enter your email address to get updates when I create a new post. Feel free to sign up so you can stay up to date on what is happening in our classroom.

Popcorn Words

Please practice reading, writing, and spelling our Popcorn Words.

This week’s words:

here & have

Previous words:

said, are, got, get, it, on, had, has, he, do, look, in, like, and, a, up, at, I, see, am, we, to, the, is, my, can, me, & go

Dates to Remember

January 12^th: Report Cards Go Home

January 19^th: No School

January 23^rd: The 100^th Day of School

February 6^th: Spring Pictures

February 13^th: No School

February 16^th No School