Tuesday, January 25, 2022

 Thanks for checking out our  "crazy" Tuesday!

A couple quick reminders first...

National Lutheran Schools Weeks will be celebrated THIS week, January 24 - 28. Part of NLSW fun every year is getting to have dress up days! So, continuing that tradition, check out what’s in store for 2022…dress days for the rest of this week:

• Wednesday, 1/26 - PJ Day…Were pajama/sweats; may wear slippers (bring change of shoes for outside)!
• Thursday, 1/27 - Holiday Day…What’s your favorite holiday? Represent one or many holidays with what you wear!
• Friday, 1/28 - Class Choice Day…Wear your favorite color from head to toe!

Valentines to give to Friends...Our class will have our valentine parties on Thursday, February 10 and Friday, February 11. Prior to the parties, each child will be making a valentine bag, at school.  Please have your child prepare 20 valentines at home (1 for each child in the class) and bring them on 2/10 or 2/11.  See email sent on Friday, 1/14 with additional details and tips!

On to our day...

I sure loved everyone's choices for "CrAzY" dress day!!! They had a blast seeing each other!

Many friends are still excited to see magnatiles out during free choice time!  A super fun way to improve hand-eye coordination while recognizing 2D and 3D shapes!

Another awesome block creation in the making...

It was time to see what we remember about positional words!  I had 5 cards, each with a different positional word.  Friends got to "pick a card, any card".  I would read the card aloud and he/she would place his/her body in relation to Mia, our messenger for the day!

Ellie was our first friend to take home the "Favorite Book Bag". We sure loved seeing and hearing about her favorite book, "You Choose"!  I can't wait to see the other 19 books that will come in over the next couple of months!

Today we introduced the letter "D" and number "4"!  

We remembered start your letter "at the top" then big line down, big curve to write a "D" and little line down, little line across, and big line down to write a "4"! Then we came up with words that start with "D" and found "4's" around the room!

Anytime one of our friends thinks of a word that starts with "D" we can add it to our big letter.  Or, if at home, your child sees a small picture or item that starts with a "D", bring it in and he/she can tape it to our big letter!

Then we practiced writing "D" and "4" with crayons (nice and short to reinforce proper grip)!

We improved our core muscle strength and ability to follow directions as we used scooters in the commons...

Time for small groups (centers)!

With me, we sorted pom poms.  I did my best to only observe for third quarter math portfolios!!! Success for many was being able to sort by color, by size or both with no assistance. Success for others was being able to sort by color or by size, with some guidance!

With Mrs. Cooper we expressed creativity and improved small motor control as we created our bags for Valentines day!

We improved rhyming skills as we made tiny puzzles by matching up 2 words/pictures that rhyme!

We improved letter identification and writing skills as we wrote "winter" words from our word wall in our journals!

We enjoyed large motor time in the form of dancing songs!

During Jesus Time today, Zippy visited on his way to the grocery store!   He was excited to buy some of his favorite foods.  We reminded him that those foods don't just appear at the store.  Instead all food begins as something that God provides!  God always gives us everything we need and sometimes what we want!

Thanks for stopping by!