Monday, January 11

 Group Meeting:  We are starting a new study this week.  Please take a few minutes to read the note in your child's folder about the Building Study.

We've been looking at all of the snow people that have been brought in.  I'll share pictures of our hallway display at the end of the week.

Story:  The story for today was The Three Little Pigs retold by Bonnie Dobkin.  I read this story at the beginning of the school year.  The children remembered it and were happy to hear it again.  It was a good story to start our dicussion of buildings.

Study:  I have a collection of pictures of various buildings.  The children looked at the pictures for a few minutes.  After that, we made a list of things that we noticed about the buildings in the pictures.  This will help us develop of list of things that we know and things that we want to know about buildings.

Language and Cognitive Skills:  The children played a game that we call "What's Missing?"  I assembled a small group of items from the classroom.  The children named the items.  They took turns closing their eyes while another child took an item and hid it in their lap.  After opening their eyes, they had to use their memory skills to figure out what was missing.   If someone couldn't remember, we used clues to help them.

Letter Learning:  Kk

Snack:  The snack for today was bagels, cream cheese, milk and water.

At Home Learning

Name Printing

Story: Watch the video of the story Changes, Changes by Pat Hutchins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA6TsSOBExE&t=24s  This is a wordless book.  Watch the pictures and listen to the narrator explain the story.  After the story, use blocks, Lego's, cubes, etc. to build something that could be part of a story.

Study:  In the folder, you will find a half paper with the words "How Many Windows?" on the top.  Ask your child to count the windows in the rooms indicated at the bottom of the graph.  Have your child color one box for each window in that room to create a graph.  After all of the windows have been counted, use the graph to answer the questions at the bottom of the paper.

Math Journal:  Carrot Noses-this might be challenging for some children.  Use manipulatives if needed.

Letter Learning:  Ll- remember to do the back of the paper as well.