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. We have to let them dry for several days. Then we will decorate them with some glitter glue. We ended our week with an all day Advent Retreat at the church.
Monday:
Reading
Introduced to 3 new secret stories:
Babysitter Vowels - when Mommy E leaves sometimes she will put a babysitter vowel in charge to make the vowel say its name
Two Vowels Go A-Walkin’- the first one always says its name and the second one is quiet
OU/OW - they play really rough together and someone always gets hurt and yells “owwww”. If they see superhero o, they stop and shout his name “ooooo”.
Reviewed our sight word
Introduced to 3 new sight words: he, she, & little
Reading through our new emergent reader, The Little Cookie
Compared and contrasted two stories with the same name, The Gingerbread Man
Completed a story elements worksheet
Gingerbread Science Experiment: What happens when a gingerbread man gets wet?
Math
Created a graph of the first bite of a gingerbread man - analyzed the data
Created a group from a bowl of pattern pieces
Religion
Opened our first Advent Book, No Room at the Inn
The Day of Advent with Brother Francis - the Power of Prayer
Tuesday:
Reading
Reviewed sight words and reread emergent reader, The Little Cookie
Introduced to a new secret story:
ie: Superhero e doesn’t get to talk when he is with Superhero i unless he bring a bucket of cookies with to keep Superhero i’s mouth full.
ay/ey: They are just too cool when they get together so they stick out their thumbs and say “aaayyy”. Sometimes they pretend to be Superhero e and say “eeee”.
Introduced to the game BANG - played with short a words
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
Math
Calendar
Cut out, assembled, and colored a puzzle counting by tens
Religion
Listened to our Advent Book, A Time of Miracles
The Day of Advent with Brother Francis - the Christmas Tree
Wednesday:
Reading
Completed a an, ag, ad word family sorting worksheet
Listened to the story, Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Gingerbread
Made “gingerbread” ornaments out of applesauce and cinnamon
Played with play-doh - rolling the dough and cutting out cookies
Math
Played Ten-Bean Spill
Colored gingerbread patterns
Religion
Listened to our Advent Book, Cricket at the Manger
The Day of Advent with Brother Francis - Purple
Thursday:
Reading
Introduced to a new secret story:
qu: q doesn’t go anywhere without his friend u
Drew a picture of a gingerbread “item” and then wrote describing words about it
Turn our work into a Gingerbread Class Book
Math
Reviewed the basic shapes and created them on geoboards
Religion
Listened to our Advent Book, The Crippled Lamb
The Day of Advent with Brother Francis - Called
Friday:
Advent Retreat at Church