Thank you parents for helping your child create their holiday traditions shoe box lid! They are all so creative and look fabulous! Our tree of shoe box lids is displayed in the hallway!
The Monkeys had a great field trip to the Zach Scott Theatre to watch the play Holiday Heroes. I think they enjoyed riding the big, yellow school bus as much as the play!
In math this week, we finished our unit on comparing numbers and reviewed all that we have learned. The students then took an assessment on comparing numbers. Next week, we will begin a new unit on measurement.
The Monkeys had a great field trip to the Zach Scott Theatre to watch the play Holiday Heroes. I think they enjoyed riding the big, yellow school bus as much as the play!
In language arts, we read the poem, Can You See A Rainbow?, which focused on the sight word "you." We wrote the word "you" several times, looked for rhyming words in our poem and then colored the illustrations. We read Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and discussed sensory details in the story. We learned that sensory words and details create pictures of a story in our minds. I read the book to the students without showing them the pictures. Then they drew and colored in their reading response journals what they thought the illustrations might look like. Once they were done, they shared their illustrations with a partner. Then I read the story again and showed them the pictures the second time.
We also learned about the meaning of folktales this week. The students learned that folktales are usually passed down orally, they are short enough to read in one sitting, they have animals that talk, they may have trickery and they may teach a lesson. We read the Ukrainian folktale The Mitten, by Jan Brett. The students then made a story retelling wheel to help them retell the events in the story. We also read The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie de Paola. This folktale taught us about some of the cultural traditions at Christmas time in Mexico. We then made a poinsettia out of construction paper and glitter. We also read The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone and made a prediction of what would happen at the end of the story before we read the ending. The students also retold the story and put pictures of characters from the story in the order they appeared. Next week, we will listen to more good stories and focus on connections to text, as well as some fun holiday activities. The Monkeys favorite part of writing this week was listening to the story of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss, and writing about how they would make the Grinch grin. We made pictures of the Grinch and they are displayed with the writing in our hallway. During our word study, we worked on learning about where the first word in a sentence is located (the left side) and where the last word is located (on the right side, right before the period). We discussed how the first word in a sentence has a capital letter and how words in a sentence have spaces in between. We continued our work in our handwriting book by forming the letters b and f and wrote a few words.
We also learned about the meaning of folktales this week. The students learned that folktales are usually passed down orally, they are short enough to read in one sitting, they have animals that talk, they may have trickery and they may teach a lesson. We read the Ukrainian folktale The Mitten, by Jan Brett. The students then made a story retelling wheel to help them retell the events in the story. We also read The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie de Paola. This folktale taught us about some of the cultural traditions at Christmas time in Mexico. We then made a poinsettia out of construction paper and glitter. We also read The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone and made a prediction of what would happen at the end of the story before we read the ending. The students also retold the story and put pictures of characters from the story in the order they appeared. Next week, we will listen to more good stories and focus on connections to text, as well as some fun holiday activities. The Monkeys favorite part of writing this week was listening to the story of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss, and writing about how they would make the Grinch grin. We made pictures of the Grinch and they are displayed with the writing in our hallway. During our word study, we worked on learning about where the first word in a sentence is located (the left side) and where the last word is located (on the right side, right before the period). We discussed how the first word in a sentence has a capital letter and how words in a sentence have spaces in between. We continued our work in our handwriting book by forming the letters b and f and wrote a few words.
In science, we wrote about where we have seen rocks in or around our school and how those rocks were being used. Some students noticed rocks on our school building that helped to make our school. Other students noticed how rocks were on the ground to make the road or the sidewalk, etc. We also discussed the uses of water. The students brainstormed that we use water to take showers, to drink, to wash clothes, to wash dishes, to go swimming, to go fishing, to water plants and more. Next week, we will discuss the properties of water and compare tap water to pond water. We will also discuss the uses of soil.
The Monkeys were excited to learn all about our superstar student, Alicia!
We were able to learn all about Alicia's life and interests! We are excited to learn all about our next superstar student, Agastya, next week.
The Monkeys were excited to learn all about our superstar student, Alicia!
We were able to learn all about Alicia's life and interests! We are excited to learn all about our next superstar student, Agastya, next week.
Reminders
Please have your child return their book envelope if they have not already. I will need their book envelope to give them new books on Monday.
Please donate empty toilet paper or paper towel rolls for our STEAM night project.
Please donate empty toilet paper or paper towel rolls for our STEAM night project.
Please be sure to check out the "Dates to Remember" below.
Upcoming Dates to Remember:
Dec. 19th Winter Party, 2:00 p.m.
12/20-1/7 Winter Break-No School
12/20-1/7 Winter Break-No School
Superstars & Birthdays:
Morris Superstar:
Agastya!
Morris December Birthdays:
Victoria-12/7
Happy Birthday Victoria!
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