This week we learned about the letter W. Tuesday was Welcome Back to School! We started the day writing our names and numbers in our quick kits. In centers, we wrote upper and lowercase W, did a W maze, a connect the dots numbers, and made W’s on geoboards. Then we had lunch and recess. For art, we did a handprint polar bear where the kids had to trace and cut their handprint to make the polar bear body and glue them onto a paper for a winter scene. These look great in our hallway! Then we did some mid year evaluations and had big room time. Last, we did our W riddle game and played with friends to end the day.
Wednesday was Wacky Watermelon day. We started the day with Specials. The kids rotated through Science, Sign language, Spanish, and Phonics. In Phonics, we reviewed the letters we learned the first half of school and practiced our song. Then we finished circle time and went to lunch and recess. In centers, we made shapes on our drawing tablets, did our W cutting page, played a roll and count W game, and made watermelons with push pins. Then we had play time in the big room and did some more mid-year evaluations.
Thursday was Winter Wonderland. We started the day playing toys with friends. In morning centers, we wrote about our favorite thing to do when its cold outside. We also played a letter match mittens game, counted teen numbers and put them into ten frames, and made tissue paper snowflakes. These look great in our classroom window! Then we had lunch and recess. In afternoon centers, we wrote letters and numbers on the big dry erase board, made a winter hat with paint dabbers, did a winter number trace, and did a letter match mittens page. To end the day, we had play time in the big room and did more evaluations.
See you next week for I week, igloos, ice skating, and ice cream!