We just finished our unit on Fairy Tales. We learned the characteristics of fairy tales (magic, castle/royalty, a good character, an evil character, special beginning and ending words). I think our class favorite was Puss In Boots. We also responded to "What would you do if you had a fairy godmother?" Surprisingly, most of us would scream :)
We practiced retelling the stories using beginning, middle, and end. We have also been learning the story arc, where we identify beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, and ending.
We had fun writing a letter to Rudolph. There were so many great questions for him...How do you fly? What do you eat? What makes your nose glow?
In math, we focused on describing shapes using appropriate math vocabulary. We also practiced counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's.We also made an elf glyph (glyphs are a pictorial form of data collections):
The students each wrote a "To Do" list for their elf. Elves sure stay busy!
In science, we finished our unit on magnets. We learned that magnets attract at opposite poles and repel at like poles. We also learned that magnets are attracted to things that contain iron.
Reminders:
Please label all coats/hats/gloves with your child's name.