November 11-15

This week was filled with a variety of exciting activities! We kicked things off on Monday with a special Veterans Day program, where several veterans graciously joined us to share their inspiring stories from their time in the service and explain the true meaning behind this important holiday. The excitement continued on Thursday as we celebrated the 50th day of school with a lively Back to the Fifties Party! We immersed ourselves in fun by counting to fifty, writing fifty words, and even enjoying a delightful Sock Hop complete with refreshing Root Beer Floats. Our exploration took a fascinating turn as we delved into the world of corn, conducting hands-on experiments with an ear of dent “feed” corn. We discovered that this ear floated in water, weighed about 18 blocks, and contained around 500 shiny kernels! We also learned the science behind popcorn, observing how it pops due to steam pressure, and enjoyed a tasty taste test of various toppings, with cinnamon and sugar emerging as the clear favorite. To wrap up our adventurous week, we embraced our artistic sides by creating our own vibrant Indian corn using colorful tissue paper squares, celebrating the diversity and creativity that this amazing plant brings to our lives!

Monday:

Reading:

• Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song

• Phonological Awareness Warmups

• Created list of words that begin with the /i/- identified the number of syllables, broke word apart and identified corresponding letter sounds

• Completed a letter I worksheet

• Completed a short a words matching worksheet

• Reviewed all of the information we have learned about Veterans and American Symbols

Math:

• Calendar Binder

• Number Talk

• Collected different data from an ear of corn after making predictions - number of links long, number of blocks to equal the weight, float or sink, number of kernels

Religion:

• Prayed a decade of the rosary

• Today we celebrated Veterans Day! After recess, we had a short Veterans Day program.  Several veterans from the community stopped by to talk to use about their time in the service and why we celebrate Veteran’s Day.  We gave them the special Thank You pictures we colored earlier this week.  

Tuesday

Reading:

• Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song

• Phonological Awareness Warmups

• Completed a letter. Nn worksheet

• Introduced to our new word, like

• Read through our emergent reader, I Like Corn

• Explored why popcorn pops by watching a couple of short videos

• Created list of words that of things we like to eat on our popcorn

Math:

• Calendar

• Tasted tested different popcorn toppings and then graphed our favorites

• Analyzed the data from the graph

Religion:

• Prayed a decade of the rosary

• Gospel Weekly - every gift is important

Wednesday:

Scheduled early release day.

Reading:

• Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song

• Phonological Awareness Warmups

• Completed a letter Ss worksheet

• Wrote about our favorite popcorn topping and our favorite movie and drew a picture

Math:

• Calendar

• Number Talks

Religion:

• Painted our beads for our decade of the rosary.

Thursday:

Happy 50th Day of School!  What an exciting day we had!  To celebrate the 50th day of school, we had a Back to the Fifties party!

Reading

• Wrote 50 words

• Created a list of things we can do in 50 years

• Completed a Now and Then sorting activity

• Root Beer Float science experiment: Does ice cream float in root beer?  

Math

• Calendar

• Counted to 50 by ones, fives, and tens

• Number Find: located numbers on a hundreds chart to create a picture of the word fifty

• Created AB, ABB, ABC patterns

Sock hop dance party

Religion:

• Prayed a decade of the rosary

Friday:

Reading:

• Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song

• Phonological Awareness Warmups

• Completed a letter Cc worksheet

• Created Indian Corn by gluing tissue paper squares to a corn outline

Math:

• Calendar

• Represented different numbers on the ten frame

• Found the ten pairs (1 and 9 or 4 and 6)

Religion:

• Mass

• Created our decade rosary