December

Week of 12/20/21

Ask your child about...

-the letters Z and Qu and the sounds they make. What is Q's buddy letter? Why does it have a buddy letter?

-our new sight word: go

-what type of bulbs did we grow? What happened to our experiment bulbs? What's one thing they learned about bulbs?

-our "finish the doodle" activity. How did they stretch their thinking and draw something that was not a gingerbread man?

-using watercolors and sharpies to create a family portrait

-winter crafts

Week of 12/13/21

Ask your child about...

-their favorite gingerbread story we read this week and why

-storyteller Kemp Harris and the story of Anansi the spider and how stories came to earth

-the letters Y and X and the sounds they make

-our new sight word: said

-making "gingerbread"

-the winter solstice and why it's called the shortest day of the year

Week of 12/6/2021

Ask your child about...

-what does "inclusive" mean? What's one way they can be inclusive of others?

-the letters V and W and the sounds they make

-our new sight word: me

-dissecting a bulb. What did they observe inside the bulb?

-how tall is their bulb? Does it have any buds yet?

-what is a family? Who can be in a family?

-having a virtual whole school assembly and a read aloud of the book The Circles All Around Us by Brad Montague.

-what is code? How did they use code to move a fuzzball character?