Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Epiphany! We started our week by reviewing the story of Christmas. Then each day we listened to a story about the Three Kings who were on their journey to see the baby King. On Friday, we celebrated Epiphany. Father Jeff came to school to do a special “Epiphany Blessing”. As a school, we processed through the halls as Father marked each door of the school. Our theme of the week was winter. We started out learning all about the sun. We found out that the sun is really just a star. It provides the Earth with heat and light. As we explored the relationship between the Earth and sun, we discovered the reason that we have different seasons. Next, we explored each season. For each season, we examined the weather that occurs, the activities we like to do, and the way people dress. This week we also completed two different writing projects. One was about something we like to do in the snow. The other one was about what a snowman might do at night when no one is watching them. Finally, on Friday afternoon, Ms. Torborg brought the BeeBots out for the first time. We enjoyed learning what coding is and practiced making our BeeBot move forward.
Monday:
No School - Happy New Year!
Tuesday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to our new words go & will
Read through the emergent reader Winter Fun
Listened to the book Snowballs
Explored the seasons. For each season, we examined the weather that occurs, the activities we like to do, and the way people dress.
Discussed the sun as a source of light and heat
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Played Monster Squeeze
Religion:
Gospel Weekly - The Nativity Scene with Wise Men
Wednesday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Listened to the story Snow Day
Created a list of activities to do outside in the winter
Wrote about our favorite winter activity
Completed an am & ad word family worksheet
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Building numbers using tens blocks and number tiles
Religion:
Reviewed the story of the birth of Jesus
Listened to the story Follow the Star - the story of the Wise Men
Thursday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to 2 new words, has & are
Read through the emergent reader Winter Clothes and then colored the pictures according to the words
Listened to the story Snowmen at Night
Wrote: If I were a snowman at night I would….
Created a picture to go with our words without using a scissors. We made the profile of a snowman’s face by tearing paper and gluing it down.
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Religion:
Reviewed the story of Jesus’ Birth
Listened to the story A Camel’s Story
Watched a video of St Elizabeth Ann Seton and colored her picture
Friday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Listened to the story The Wild Toboggan Ride
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Beebots
Religion:
Mass
Listened to the story The Story of the Three Wise Kings
Epiphany Blessing with Father Jeff