Line Time: We kept practicing for The Christmas Show and learned about Christmas traditions from around the world.
Peek Into The Classroom:
These students are having fun with the Trimonial Cube. As you can see they just did the outer wall of this material. This is another extension that the children can create different versions of materials.
This picture depicts a seasoned reader reading to a younger student. My readers have to accomplish two things before mastering a book. 1) read the story fluently and 2) give details of the story. I start out with reading the Hooked On Phonics books then the students graduate to my “Max” books. When those are mastered I introduce chapter books such as Magic Tree House, Billy B Brown and / or Jack books.
This student is preparing the snack to share with the class. The student that brings snack for the week prepares her snack for week. This is a Practical Life skill. The Practical Life area enhances fine motor skills, concentration, and life skills such as pouring, folding, scooping, and excuse my sophomoric humor, cutting the cheese. hehe
The direct purpose of the sandpaper letters is to teach the child the sounds of the alphabet by means of auditory, muscular, and visual memory. Also, memorization of letter sounds plays a part in learning the letter sounds.
Peek To Next Week:
We will still be focusing on the holiday season.
December 20, Wednesday: Pajama Day/ Show and Tell (no weapons)
December 21: Winter Break Begins :))
January 3: Winter Break Ends :((
Students will need snowpants, winter coats, hats, gloves, and boots to go outside for recess.
