We have had a busy week and a half since coming back from Christmas break. The kids have been learning so much and I am excited to get started on the second half of the year.
Last week, we made some fun snowmen for our hallway by cutting out circles and adding details.
The best part was painting snowflakes over the top using bubble wrap when we were all done.
Look how cute they turned out! We have so many wonderful artists in our class.
This week, we read the story, "The Mitten" by Jan Brett. Your child can watch the online version of the story if they would like to here:
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We talked about the "-it" word family this week after discussing the mitten that was knitted and how the animals all fit inside.
We used our magnifying glasses to hunt for words with the -it chunk in them.
We also wrote about what could fit inside a really big mitten. Some of their answers included elephants, whales, volcanoes, bears, and trees.
I was horrible at remembering to take pictures during centers this week, but we had lots of fun mitten centers to go along with the story. Here is one group retelling the story using stick puppets and a large mitten on the floor.
We also scooped out "snowballs" and put them on a mitten counting mat and recorded how many snowballs we caught.
We also learned the "sh" sound this week. We read a book called "Sheep on a Ship" and then used the iPad to project it onto our screen so we could hunt for the sh sound with our huge fly swatter that has a hole cut out of the middle.
Next we made sharks out of envelopes and hunted around the room for fish that had words that started with "sh." Michael was wearing the perfect shirt for the day!
On Wednesday, we talked about day and night. We learned that the Earth's rotation makes day and night happen. We discussed the differences between day and night and what you can see during the day and night.
After learning more about day and night, we read a fun story called "Snowmen at Night." Your child can listen to it again here:
We wrote what we think snowmen like to do during the day and during the night. The kids were so creative and had a lot of fun using their imaginations.
Next we sorted things we can see in the sky during the day and things we can see at night.
Of course we had to eat some "snowballs" while getting our work done. :)
For math practice this week, we practiced counting teen numbers using "ice crystals" on snowflakes.
We used pattern blocks to design our own snowflakes.
We practiced addition by putting buttons on snowmen and adding up how many buttons we had altogether.
And we used our "snowballs" again to cover up addition facts on a snowman board.
Thursday we had a special treat and attended an assembly put on by Ballet West. We got to learn about ballet and watch a short version of the Nutcracker. The kids all really enjoyed it!
After we were done with the assembly, we worked on a new class big book called "A Winter's Day." Groups of 3 students worked together to illustrate their page. The book takes us through a winter day all the way to a winter night. It will be up in our room for the kids to read this month!
Friday was PE and we had fun with hula hoops! We had some free exploration time with them first.
Then we played some other games with them. The kids enjoyed jumping like frogs on their lily-pads across the gym.
In computers, we read online stories and designed our own snowmen. You can do that at home HERE!
We sang happy 6th birthday to Tate and enjoyed her Oreos that she brought to share with the class!
And Brynley was our star student and told us all about her silly baby brother that makes her laugh!
Last week, we made some fun snowmen for our hallway by cutting out circles and adding details.
The best part was painting snowflakes over the top using bubble wrap when we were all done. 
Look how cute they turned out! We have so many wonderful artists in our class.
This week, we read the story, "The Mitten" by Jan Brett. Your child can watch the online version of the story if they would like to here:
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