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ELA: Students will learn that the most thoughful gifts are the ones that people make for each other and suggest that they make a special book for someone in the community, using everything they know about letters, sounds and words.

Phonics: Students will write longer words listening for all the sounds they hear. Students will learn that sometimes it helps to make a line, say the word slowly, and then write the word on the line. They will learn 3 new snap words: this, is, here 

ELA: Students are encourage to write a special book as a gift for a family member. They can use their snap words to make a pattern book. For instance: I like my mom, I like my dad, I like my sister, I like my brother, ect and they add the picture in the box below. You can use this writing paper.

Phonics: Students can practice writing sentences using their new snap words: this, is, here by using the logo signs or any environmental print they can think of. 

Los escritores aprenderán a que deben esforzarse por escribir libros de mostrar y contar que sean fáciles de leer.

Podrán practicar en casa, escribiendo libros sobre cualquier cosa que deseen mostrar y contar usando todas las herramientas de escritura, letra mayúscula al inicio de las oraciones, practicando el dedito de espacio entre cada palabra y agregando punto final a las oraciones.

Students can identify shapes around their house, on a car ride and in books. 

Students will learn from scientific observations and scientific questions like plants requiring nutrients from soil, water, and sunlight, plants being different across the world, how plants make more of themselves, and why plants are very important for human kind 

Stundents can look around in their gardens or backyards to see all the different types of plants, and encourage them to observe and think like a scientist.

Friends and learners use the emotion guessing game to demonstrate what basic emotions look, feel and sound like. Then the counselor describes the feeling thermometer to recognize when an emotion is strong or mild.

When you read a story you can ask the child: how does this character feel? What cues can you see, hear, or feel to understand the character's emotion?