Welcome to the new year!!! This week we focused on the letter Ww. We talked about the sound the letter Ww makes and words that begin with the letter Ww. We came up with water, wolf, winter, Wednesday, watermelon, and witch.
On Tuesday, we focused on the theme of “welcome back”!! For start-up while we waited for our friends to arrive, we colored a Ww page. For morning centers, we made our numbers out of pop-its, made shapes out of cookie cutters and kinetic sand, traced/wrote the letter Ww, and matched upper- and lower-case ABCs with clothespins. In the afternoon, we worked on evaluating the basics for conferences at the end of the month.
On Wednesday, we focused on the theme of watermelons. For start-up, we colored a “Ww is for watermelon” page. For morning centers, we worked on 1:1 correspondence puzzles, made a “W” watermelon by practicing our cutting skills, worked on spelling puzzles, and did a watermelon push pin art. In the afternoon, we colored our January monthly writing/coloring page. We then worked on more evaluating for mid-year evaluations.
On Thursday, we focused on the theme of winter wonderland. For morning start-up, we practiced tracing/writing our first and last names. For morning centers, we practiced patterning with a winter theme, practiced graphing with a winter page, decorated a winter hat, and worked on winter themed snap cube puzzles. For art in the afternoon, we practiced following directions and cutting by making a polar bear winter scene.
We had a great first week back after Christmas vacation!!! I hope all of you had a great break!!!
Until next week,
Mrs. Brandi