Well, November ended and December began with a frosty chill in the air! We had our first day of all day inside recess. This meant a lot of play time and also more body breaks!
The wintery and Christmas décor is making it's way into our classroom! :) Even though it was only the first, and we usually only count up to the date on the calendar, we counted all the way to 25 just so that we could get an idea of when Christmas Day will be.
During our calendar meeting, we also reviewed the /s/ sound and learnt about the /a/ sound. We continued our story and read about how Inky the Mouse was photographing ants for the /a/ sound. Students took turns tracing the a in the book:
Then we learnt the action (wiggling your fingers up and down your arm) and the song:
(sung to the tune of Skip to My Lou)
(sung to the tune of Skip to My Lou)
/a/ /a/ ants on my arm
/a/ /a/ ants on my arm
/a/ /a/ ants on my arm
They're causing me alarm!
After snack, it was math time! We read 5 Little Penguins Slipping on the Ice. Then, students played a game where they had a piece of paper with the numbers 1 - 6. They were to place a bingo chip under each number and take turns with a partner rolling a dice. When they rolled a number, they could remove a chip. The first person to remove all of their chips first won the game.
Treasure maps were popular again today! Here they are trying to decipher where the treasure is hidden:
One of our students received a Christmas card making set from Scholastic and was kind enough to share with her classmates. Several of them were very busy during their free choice time with colouring cards are decorating envelopes!
Our health lesson today focused on feelings. We read through the story The Way I Feel. With each picture, students guess what feeling was being shown. Then we discussed our connections to those feelings. Afterwards, students drew pictures of themselves and had to complete the sentences,
"I feel _____________ when _____________________. I express this feeling by ______________."
During our library time, we also read a story called I Have Feelings, about a hamster that shares her wide range of emotions throughout the day and that everyone has feelings (mommies, daddies, and babies too!)
Another bit of excitement from the day~ we got mail! We received another Little Passports package. This time our friends Sam and Sophia wrote to us about their adventures in France!
We received stickers, a post card, boarding pass, photos, and a camera!
We also watched a video of the Dr. Seuss story, There's a Map on My Lap. Many different types of maps now adorn our Social Studies board right now. We will be talking more about how our surroundings influence us in the next few weeks (lessons about the seasons included!). Our surroundings certainly influenced our day today. Hopefully the weather man is correct and it will be a bit warmer as the week continues. :)
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