Christmas Party

 

Recess Reindeer

 I found some reindeer at recess along with some friends.

Christmas Grammar Review Game

 I placed 12 cards around the room.  The children had to find them and choose the correct correct form of the verb to agree with the subject.  

P.E. - Christmas Games

Building and igloo with hula hoops

Icicle Ball Throw

Wreath Toss

Sled Ride

Snowman Knock Down

Snowball Roll

Snowball Toss

Focus Wall Lesson 15 - Animal Groups

 The tests for lesson 15 will be on January 6th.

The challenge spelling words are stripe and mice.

Christmas Door Contest

     Here is a picture of our Christmas door for the contest.  My idea was to use T’was the Night Before Christmas.  Each children created his/her own mouse, colored and cut out a stocking, and traced and cut out his/her hand for the fire in the fireplace.  A couple of children helped color the trees on the rug , and one wrote the note.

Using a 100 Chart

      On Friday, we were talking about 10 more/less and 1 more/ones less.  We were using a 100 chart to discuss how to locate the number.  I would call out a number.  The children would place a see through stone on that number.  Then I would ask them to move it to the number that is 1 more/less or 10 more/less.  We would take about how they moved the stone.  1 more moves the stone to the right.  1 less moves the stone to the left.  10 more moves the stone down.  10 less moves the stone up.

Drop the Sticks Game

 The children have been practicing counting and tens and ones, and creating them with ten rods and one cubes.  So, I thought they would like this game.  They are given popsicle sticks with dots on them.  One side has ten and the other side has one.  They hold all the sticks in their hand and then drop them on the floor.  Then, they sort them by tens and ones and write the number.  Their partner would check them to make sure they wrote e the correct number and then they would change jobs.

Focus Wall Lesson 14 - The Big Race

 The challenge spelling words are waves and chases.

Math - Tens and Ones

 The children have been practicing counting and modeling tens and ones with blocks and their dry erase boards.