Mmmm.... our Kindergarten classroom smelled wonderful all week. We started our week with gingerbread. We read several different stories about a gingerbread man. We compared and contrasted each of the stories with the original story. We also created a gingerbread class book, completed a gingerbread science experiment, and did some graphing and patterning activities. Gingerbread week wouldn’t be complete without trying different kinds of gingerbread including Gingerbread cookies and cake. Finally, we made gingerbread ornaments out of applesauce and cinnamon. They made our room smell really good. On Friday, we had our Advent retreat. We spent the whole day at church learning about our Faith, Advent, and doing a service project.
Monday:
Reading
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Completed a letter Kk worksheet
Completed a secret word worksheet
Reviewed our sight word
Introduced to 3 new sight words: he, she, & little
Read through our new emergent reader, Gingerbread Man
Compared and contrasted two stories with the same name The Gingerbread Man but different authors
Gingerbread Science Experiment: What happens when a gingerbread man gets wet?
Math
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Created a graph of the first bite of a gingerbread man - analyzed the data
Religion:
Prayed a decade of the rosary
Opened our first Advent Book, The Story of Baby Jesus
The Day of Advent with Brother Francis - the Power of Prayer
Tuesday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Completed a letter Uu worksheet
Listened to the story Snipp, Snapp, Snare and the Gingerbread
Made gingerbread in a cup
Measured the ingredients (3 tbsp mix and 1 tbsp water) and mixed it together
Used different adjectives to describe what we see, smell, feel, and taste
Listened to the story Alpert and reviewed the setting of the story
Drew a picture of a gingerbread person
Wrote describing words about our gingerbread person based on our senses
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Religion:
Listened to our Advent Book, No Room at the Inn
The Day of Advent with Brother Francis - Trees
Wednesday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Completed a letter Gg worksheet
Made “gingerbread” ornaments out of applesauce and cinnamon
Played with play-doh - rolling the dough and cutting out cookies
Listened to the story The Gingerbread Boy - Identifying the different characters, setting, problem and solution of the story. Then completed a story elements worksheet.
Continued working on our writing from yesterday. We took two of the describing words about our gingerbread person and turned them into sentences.
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Religion:
Listened to our Advent Book, The Crippled Lamb
The Day of Advent with Brother Francis - Purple
Thursday:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Completed a letter Ww worksheet
CVC Christmas Tree short a word worksheet
Listened to the story Lily Learns About Wants and Needs
Introduced to Wants and Needs -Defined the words and Found Examples
Completed a wants and needs sorting worksheet
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Colored gingerbread patterns
Cut out, assembled, and colored a puzzle counting by tens
Solved number story problems by acting them out and drawing pictures
Religion:
Listened to our Advent Book, The Legend of St. Nicholas
The Day of Advent with Brother Francis - Called
Listened to the story The Story of Saint Nicholas
Colored St Nicholas in our saint book
Watched movie St Nicholas: The Boy Who Became Santa
Friday:
Advent Retreat at Church
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