Snow Week 3 & 4

Snow!

There is no school on Monday January 18th.

This week we are reading:

The Jacket I Wear in the Snow
The Snowy Day
Good Night Baby Bear


Small Groups
Math - Adding 'ice cubes' to tens frame and counting how many there is.
Move the Polar Bear - Rolls the dice and move the polar bear on the paws
Making a book about snow gear

Choice Time:
Dress Up
Writing Center - Snow words
Painting Pictures of Polar Bears in water
Making a den for the Polar Bear
Insta snow in the sand table
Ipads
Easel - Snowflake stencils

Week of the 26th
We will have a special visit from the science center - We will get to meet animals that we will read about in the Mitten by Jan Bett

Stories
The Mitten

Small Groups
Decorating Matching Mittens
Coloring Animals from the The Mitten
Lacing mittens for the animals to stay
Comparing animals that are in The Mitten and not in The Mitten

Snow!

Snow!

The Lucky Ducks had a great time playing in the snow.  They all worked on putting on their own snow gear and had a blast!  We made snow angels - even though there is only a little bit of snow.  Even though we were out for a short time it was well worth the effort to play in the snow.

We will continue our snow unit.  Today we made paper snow globes.  Over the past few days we have been working on making groups of 3, drawing self portraits, and working on positional words.  

While we were reading Stella the Snow Queen, we read a silly sentence  about Polar Bears eating snowflakes.  This prompted many questions about Polar Bears.  So using two non-fiction books about Polar Bears we began to search.  Unfortunately, we did not find our answer and had to continue looking online.  

Some facts we learned about Polar Bears

• A baby Polar Bear is a cub
• They live in the arctic
• They live in dens
• Their fur is clear and looks white because of the reflection from the snow.
• Their skin is black underneath

Our big question of what do they eat was finally answered with seal and fish.

Enjoy the long weekend!

Monday- Wednesday we will be finishing up our Gingerbread Unit

Monday- Wednesday we will be finishing up our Gingerbread Unit

When we return to school, we will begin our next unit.

Unit 3 SNOW weeks 1 & 2

This week we will begin our unit on SNOW. We are so lucky to have such an abundance of it to explore in our yard. As soon as the temperatures warms up a bit, we will be able to play in it at school.

Here are the theme concepts for this unit:

• When it is very cold, sometimes it snows instead of raining
• Snow comes from the clouds
• Every snowflake is different
• Animals and people need protection from the cold and the snow
• Some animals hibernate during the winter  months
• Tools and machines keep us safe when it snows such as shovels and snowplows
• There are many ways to enjoy the snow
• When the temperature gets warmer, the snow melts
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Questions for the unit:

• What is snow?
• When does it snow?
• Where does the snow come from?
• What do you wear when it snows?
• Where does it snow?
• What happens when it snows?
• After the snow falls, what happens to it?
• What can you do in the snow?

Week of January 4

Books for the week:

Goodnight Baby Bear by Frank Asch

Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Small Groups:

1. Making Pairs - Students will color pictures of items that show a pair of something (groups of 2)

2. Creating a snowy day picture and describe what is happening in the picture.

3. Bear Positional book

Let's Find out About It - The states of water, hibernation, and winter clothing

Choice Time

Art Table: Gingerbread Names -

Work Table - Sorting by shapes and colors

Easel: Snowflake pictures with stencils and glitter paint

Block Area: Marble Mazes

Library Area: Snow themed books

Sensory Table: Sand

Writing Table: writing/tracing winter words and playing with winter stamps

Dramatic Play: Getting dressed for winter and throwing snowballs at a target

Ipads - making a snowman

Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who is able to join us for our show yesterday.  The Lucky Ducks did a great job and we are very proud of them.  We wish you and your family a safe, happy and healthy holiday season and New Year.  The last day of preschool is December 23, and school will resume on Monday, January 4th, 2016.

Thursday at 10:45 is the Lucky Ducks Show!

We hope to start promptly at 10:45.

This week in the Lucky Ducks

This week we are reading alternate versions of the Gingerbread Man including:

Gingerbread Girl
The Stinky Cheeseman

Small Groups
Journal Pages
Decorating a Gingerbread Man
Color by Number

Choice Time
Testing objects in our sensory table - Sink and Float
Gingerbread Bakery
Making words with stamps
Gingerbread Math cards
Painting at the easel
Straw builders on the rug

Thank you!!

We collected 72 sets of pajamas.  

Thank you to all of the families and staff for donating to the pajama drive.  Your generosity and kindness has hleped to make this pajama drive a great success.  This is the most we have collected since starting the drive in 2012.  We wish you and your family a safe and happy holiday season.  

The Gingerbread Man

The Gingerbread Man

What's happening in the Lucky Duck Class?

• This is our last week we are collecting pajamas for the Scholastic Pajama Drive

• Save the Date - December 17th will be our family show.

We are beginning our unit on the Gingerbread Man. During this unit we will read multiple versions of this clever fellow. We will be comparing and contrasting story characters, endings and settings. Some of our stories take place in the country, others in the city. This is my favorite unit to teach as the children love to act out and retell this story.

Stories

The Gingerbread Man - Karen Schmidt

The Gingerbread Boy

Small Groups

Making Large Gingerbreads with friends

Creating Gingerbread Patterns

Putting Together a Gingerbread Puzzle.

Choice Time:

Art - Decorating a large gingerbread house

Brown Table: Ipads

Writing: Making a list to give to the baker

Blue Table: Potato Heads

Sensory Table: Sink and Float

Dramatic Play Area: Bakery

Rug Toy: Straw Builders

Easel - Painting Gingerbread Houses