Communication

Theme: Communication
Week: January 31- February 4
Social Learning Goal: Appropriately expressing feelings
Academic Learning Goal: Ordering, letter 'J/j'

Books:
The Clever Stick by John Lechner
Hello! Goodbye! By Aliki
Communication byAliki
Baa for Beginners By Deborah Fajerman
Little Beauty by Anthony Browne
Interrupting by Joy Wilt

100th Day of School!

We had a wonderful morning celebrating our 100th day. Thank you to the parents who were here, and helped us make this day a success!

Ocean (wk 2)

Theme: Ocean (wk 2)
Social Learning Goal: Appropriately expressing feelings, positive and negative emotions
Academic Learning Goal: Predicting, observing, and recording information , letter 'O/o'

Books:
Commotion in the Ocean 
Sneakers the Seaside Cat 
Hermit the Kermit 
Jake's 100th Day of School 
100th Day of School 
The Seaside Switch 
Creatures of the Deep 
Hotel Deep 


Ariann's Project: Deep Sea Creatures (M, F), Reading group (One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish)

Julie's Project: Seahorses
Karla's Project: Egg carton crabs

Announcements: Tuesday is the 100th day of school, and we will be having a celebration! What an accomplishment!

Ocean

Theme: Ocean

Social Learning Goal: Independent Problem Solving
Academic Learning Goal: Measurement, ordering, #1-10 recognition, letter 'O/o'

Books:
The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
Secret Seahorse by Stella Blackstone
Hello Ocean by Pan Munoz Ryan
Curious George Goes to the Beach Margret and H. A Rey
Ocean Hide and Seek by Jennifer Evans Kramer
Tough Boris by Mem Fox

Ariann's project: Bright Stanley by Matt Buckingham, 1-1 counting, make your own Stanley

Julie's Project: Jellyfish, squid, crabs (M, T, W), Rainbow Fish (F)
Karla's Project: Ocean creatures paint stamping

Space

Theme: Space
Social Learning Goal: Waiting patiently for a turn, asking politely for a turn
Academic Learning Goal: Recognizing cause/effect and predicting outcomes, letter 'N/n', syllables, and collecting, describing and recording info

Books:
The Magic School Bus Lost in Space
Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars
You are the First Kid on Mars
Sheep Blast Off
If You Decide to go to the Moon
Another Day in the Milky Way
Wynken, Blynken and Nod
On the Launch Pad

Ariann's Project: Oil pastel planets

Julie's Project: The moon
Karla's Project: Name constellations