February 2-6

 Looking Back...

What a busy week!

- The letter of the week this week was Gg for groundhog! 

- On Monday we listened to a story about Groundhog Day and talked about what it means, we looked out the window and brainstormed what we thought the groundhog would predict for this year!! We all thought he would say early spring, but he said 6 more weeks of winter

- We made groundhog homes with cute little groundhogs as a fun craft

- In math our number of the week was 9, we used pictures, numbers, and tens frames to represent the number 9

- We watched number blocks to introduce the number 9 and they made lots of math sentences that equalled 9 so we tried to make some too. Like 8 + 1 = 9 and 5 + 4 = 9 

- We did a letter sort and organized words that did and did not start with the letter Gg into the right categories, some of us even used our knowledge of letters to sound out and label our work!! 

- To kick off the Olympics we talked all about winter sports, sportsmanship and what the Olympics are, the students are really excited to watch all sorts of events over the upcoming weeks

- We made Olympic torches today!! And watched the beginning of the opening ceremonies 







Looking Forward...

- Tuesday is Library day, please return all books for exchange. We are no longer allowing students to take out a number of books if they have not returned what they have at home

- Wednesday is Valentine's Day in kindergarten, please see the message from Thursday this week with details about sending Valentine's - kids can wear pink, red or purple!! 

- There is NO SCHOOL from Thursday February 12th through Monday February 16th... classes resume Tuesday February 17th ☺

- Pink Shirt Day is Wednesday February 25th

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