We are glad to be back at school. We all shared personal stories about Santa, toys, Christmas, and snow in circle.
This week in Nature/Science we will learn about Whales and the Underseas Habitat. We will read Orca Song and talk about what makes a Mammal. We will play an Ocean Animal matching game. We will read The Cloud Book and learn about how snow is made. We will also read Millions of Snowflakes, listen to a book and CD called Snowball Fight, and have a pretend snowball fight (with paper snowballs) in the Motor Room.
In Phonics we will review the letters A-K and introduce the letter L. We will make a Happy New Year book, practice Kumon Mazes, and play "Find It" with Explode the Code. We will also read "The Fox and the Lion" and "The Lion and the Mouse" from Aesop's Fables.
In Math we will review our numbers 1-20, play a matching game with numbers, and count and group shells.
In Music/Art we will move like whales to Mozart's Obo Quartet in F and read a story about Mozart. We will follow directions with beanbags as we play "Peppermint Twist" and "Rock Around the Clock". We'll begin a new picture study of "Van Gogh's Bedroom". We're also planning to work with coffee filters to create snowflakes.
