We kicked off our week with a wonderful Christmas celebration. First, we enjoyed a gift exchange and games with our 5th Grade Buddy. Later, our room parents joined us for a festive Christmas Party. During the celebration, we created a candle picture, listened to a story, played Christmas-themed games, and savored a special snack. Additionally, we celebrated Epiphany by listening to a story about the Three Kings on their journey to see the baby King. To mark this occasion, Father Jeff came to school to perform a special “Epiphany Blessing.” As a school, we processed through the halls while Father marked each door, adding to the festive spirit of the season.
In reading, we focused on comparing and contrasting different stories. We started with the original tale of The Three Little Pigs, where the wolf eats the pigs, and then we explored a new version where the pigs venture to their sibling's house. Afterward, we created a list of similarities and differences between the two stories. Each day, we read various adaptations, including The Three Little Javelinas, The Three Little Hawaiian Pigs and the Magic Shark, and The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig, . After each story, we noted how they were similar to the original and how they differed. We discovered that while many stories shared common elements, they often differed in their settings. Our major project this week involved creating characters and settings from the stories we read. On Friday, we spent some time retelling the story of the Three Little Pigs using the puppets and sets we made.
Ball Words is our new self-paced sight word program based on the Dolch Word Mastery Lists. Each list consists of 20 sight words, and there are 11 sets available. This year, students have the opportunity to learn up to 220 words. Each set is represented by a different type of ball or sports equipment. The first set is called Baseball Words. Students will focus on mastering this set until they can read the words easily. Once they do, they will receive a Baseball Word Champ Certificate and a new list of words to conquer. Please practice these words at home as we continue to work on them in school.
Kindergarten conferences are scheduled for the first week of February: February 3rd, 4th, and 6th, from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Please use the link below to sign up for a time slot. If these dates and times do not work for you, feel free to reach out, and I will be happy to accommodate your schedule.
Note: Conferences for 1st-5th graders will take place on March 6th and 11th.
Conference Link Sign-Up: https://signup.com/go/nvTNwZn
Monday:
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Reading
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Reviewed all of our sight words
Introduced to new sight words, her & him
Compared and contrasted 2 different stories of the Three Little Pigs
Math
Calendar Binder
Math Stations
Religion:
Prayed a decade of the rosary
Reviewed the story of the birth of Jesus
Listened to the story Follow the Star - the story of the Wise Men
Christmas Party with our 5th Grade Buddy- opened gifts from our buddies and spent some time playing games with them
Christmas Party - created a candle picture, listened to a story, played some Christmas theme games, and enjoyed a special snack.
Tuesday:
Reading
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Completed a -ag Secret Word Worksheet
Compared and Contrasted the story The Three Little Javelinas to the original story of the Three Little Pigs with a. venn diagram
Listened to the story Alpert & Friends and reviewed characters in a story
Colored and cut out the characters - 3 pigs and wolf
Read through the emergent reader, Three Little Pigs
Math
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Building a graph with pattern blocks
Religion:
Prayed a decade of the rosary
Gospel Weekly - Christmas and Epiphany
Listened to the story Follow the Star - the story of the Wise Men
Wednesday:
Reading
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Reviewed the Secret Stories
Completed an -et, en, ed sorting worksheet
Compared and Contrasted the story The Three Hawaiian Pigs and the Magic Shark to the original story of the Three Little Pigs and The Three Little Javelinas with a chart
Reviewed characters and setting
Created the 3 pig’s houses - straw, stick, & bricks
Math
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Religion:
Epiphany Blessing with Father Jeff
Thursday:
Reading
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Completed a -en Secret Word worksheet
Compared and Contrasted the story The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig to the original story of the Three Little Pigs
Reviewed characters and setting
Completed a character and setting sorting worksheet
Completed the “Setting” for the story the 3 Little Pigs
Retold the story the Three Little Pigs using our characters puppets and setting
Math
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Played Ten-Bean Spill
Religion:
Prayed a decade of the rosary
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
Completed an ed Secret Word Worksheet
Listened to the story Three Little Pigs (Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf) and then watched the video
Completed a sequencing worksheet for the Three Little Pigs
Math
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Created things using the Mathdo construction tools
Religion:
Prayed a decade of the rosary
Mass
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