Ms. Becky AM 4K Weekly Update
February 12-16
What We Worked On...
Handwriting
This week we learned the letters Pp and Bb. Both letters start at the top and have small curves.
We are starting to work on learning motions to help us learn letter sounds. This week we continued to learn our letter sounds. We are now practicing A thru Q! After we learn the rest we will send home a video so you can practice at home too!
Math
We learned two new math games this week. Which Teddy Will Win, where you spin a spinner to see if you get a red or blue bear and mark them on a graph to see which one gets to the top first. We also learned Which Numeral Will Win, where we roll a die to see what number we get and mark it on our sheet. Attached is a copy of how you could play this game at home. It is great for subitizing (knowing how many without counting) and for practicing writing numbers.
Literacy
For literacy we read more books by Mo Willems! We read Knufflebunny where Trixie loses her bunny in the laundromat. The kids made a fun connection to the story A Pocket For Corduroy which we read earlier this year where Corduroy was also lost in the laundromat.
We also read a bunch of stories about Piggie and Gerald. These two characters are a lot of fun and have great adventures together. They show a lot of emotion and feelings in their stories as well and are fun to read with different inflections in your voice. They were definitely a class favorite!
Spartan Star
This week we started our learning about Zones of Regulation by watching part of the movie Inside Out. We will continue this movie next week and then use what we learned about the characters to talk about how our body is feeling and what we can do to help our body.
We also celebrated Kindness by reading about how we can be kind and by making Pocket Hugs. The kids got to draw their own heart and give their pocket hug to a friend in our class. They also brought another pocket hug home to give to someone else they care about.
Our Busy Classroom
Fine Motor Sticker Fun
Working our Core
Building Strong Fingers
Pocket Hugs
We Had Fun in the Snow
Listening to our Kindness Story
Outreach/Community Events
Upcoming Events
2/23 - No 4K
2/29 - Book It Forms Due
3/11-15 - Parent/Teacher Conferences & Book Fair at CEPS
3/13, 15 or 22 - Kindergarten Orientation