This week, we wrapped up our unit on traditions by learning about wish and tooth traditions!
We started the week reading the Wish Traditions book, that took us all over the world to learn about the different traditions they celebrate- such as throwing a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Italy.
We used the beautiful illustrations to inspire us to retell our favorite wish tradition through it's setting. The students had to build, draw, or paint the setting, and then tell about. The final products were so cool! We also started our own tradition, a wish jar! The students wrote down a wish they had, and we all took turns placing them in the jar. We read a poem about the wish jar, and sealed it up tight. It will proudly sit in our room the rest of the year.
After wish traditions, we moved on to tooth traditions. We read a book called Throw Your Tooth on the Roof, and learned about what children all over the world do when they lose a tooth. After practicing turning and talking to a partner, we learned that our class has a shared tradition of the tooth fairy coming when we lose a tooth. We also learned that some families have unique traditions, such as what they put the tooth in. Again, we picked out favorite traditions, drew it, and wrote about why we liked it. Ask your child which was their favorite... there were many interesting ones to choose from!
Additionally, this week in literacy we learned our first diagraph in Jolly Phonics, ai, and also the letter j. The students are working so hard on hearing sounds and blending to make words. Lastly, we learned a little about Martin Luther King Jr. by reading Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport. We then wrote our "dream"- something we could do to make the world happier.
In math this week, we talked about 10's and practiced our number writing.
We sang this song and practiced counting by 10's :
In math this week, we talked about 10's and practiced our number writing.
We sang this song and practiced counting by 10's :
We also used Handwriting Without Tears to learn how to write numbers 4-6. The students then played a dice game to practice their number writing 1-6.
Next week, we're diving deep into teen numbers, and SNOW! Maybe will get some real snow to go along with our theme :)