Friday, December 20, 2024

2024 Week 16 Christmas Themes!

 Wowza! What a busy week!

Be sure to page all the way to the end photos to see our delicious and magical hot cocoa bar.


Sorcha bought her first house in Altura! 

It's going to be a busy weekend moving them in!


Friday's STEM challenge was to design a machine that wraps gifts~I just love their creativity!






We also reviewed Christmas colors...



The kids worked on gifts,  gift bags, and wrapping paper this week! 


The Thursday snow storm kept us on our toes trying to get every thing finished in time. Whew!

On Tuesday we had a mini unit on Reindeer! We learned many interesting facts about reindeer.


The kids have been decorating and redecorating or classroom Christmas tree. It's just perfect!

We've also several new trays of toys to explore . 

Ohhhh! Gift time! 

Wednesday's centers included:
Pattern Blocks Christmas shapes 





Reindeer beginning sound read the room...




Hot Cocoa Marshmallow Addition...


Comparing Christmas Numbers.. 


Teen Number Santa Search and Record:


Here are the cutie patootie Reindeer the kiddos made on Tuesday.  They will be going into our memory books 















I just love handprint projects!
Here we are creating part of your present from your child!

Here are some fun new stations around the room!




The Christmas Card Shop is ready to roll!

Choice time is a good time!















On Monday we made these helpful count down to Christmas poems...





Jingle Bells and Magnatiles go together fabulously!




Every day we had an open ended journal page to respond to.  This one was to draw a gift for someone...



Another journal topic was "Design a way to pull Santa's sleigh"



As promised, here is our hot cocoa bar holiday celebration!
But first,  choice time in our jammies!























Merry Christmas from me to you!  












And now for the week of January 2-3 and January 6-10:

Reading Language Arts: letter Aa, sound for short a

Sight Words: *come*me*

Grammar: subject of the sentence

Math: Subtraction

Theme: New Years, Snow, and Mittens

Science: We Can Change Objects
Social Studies: Cardinal C.A.R.E.S.
R=Responsibility

Y ahora, para la semana del 2 y 3 de enero y del 6 al 10 de enero:

Lectura, Lengua y literatura: letra Aa, sonido de a abreviada

Palabras frecuentes: *come*me*

Gramática: sujeto de la oración

Matemática: Resta

Tema: Año nuevo, nieve y mitones

Ciencias: Podemos cambiar objetos
Estudios sociales: Cardinal C.A.R.E.S.
R=Responsabilidad

Gran noticia:
El final del segundo trimestre es el 23 de enero
No hay clases el viernes 24 de enero
Día de taller para maestros
Big News:
End of the 2nd Quarter is Jan. 23
No School Friday, January 24
Teacher Workshop Day

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