We are worked on our Inuit project and Valentine's Day preparations. Scissor skills are amazing in this JK class!
We have been introducing popcorn words and blends or digraphs at our morning meeting to practice each week. This week we are working on the "sl" sound, when the letters together make a combined sound they are blends, and when the combined letters make a different sound all together they are digraphs (like "ch").
We have been assessing students and have learned that some of us are still learning the one to one correspondence, so practice moving cheerios with each number counted is amazing to develop this critical foundational skill.
Math & Science
We worked on our structures and predictions for our igloos. The children were very close in making predictions and counting their finished igloos to compare. We all worked on the tricky teens and 20's and practiced writing using white boards.
We categorized candy hearts and graphed them according to color. We practiced writing each number after adding up as we used the one to one correspondence by pushing each heart to a square as we counted.
Fine Motor:
We played with clay as they rolled, twisted, cut and created. I loved to see all of the creative sculptures. We had candy canes, lollipops, houses, monsters, ducks, snakes, etc.
We practiced sewing with string and sewing cards.
The children decorated their Valentine's boxes by drawing the half of a heart shape and then cutting them out. They clued and colored and peeled and stuck stickers. They loved their creations and loved sharing Valentines with friends. The party was such a fun time!
Thank you so much to everyone for bringing in boxes and party supplies! We made rice krispy treats and played the Richard Scary games as we passed out valentines and ate our fruit and other goodies. We have leftover goldfish and popcorn for afternoon snacks and morning snack days when we need some carbs to get us through until lunch. We sooo appreciate! We played games and went around a circle to talk about each student's talents and what we love most about them. The children loved hearing how their friends think about them! Big smiles everywhere!
Have a lovely week!
Ms. Massey
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