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November Newsletter

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    NOVEMBER      Another month has flown by in the Plums Class!! During the month of November, we learned all about Fall and Turkeys.      We worked hard on our math skills! The students sorted leaves by color and size. They made patterns with leaves and acorns. We made a fall tree by cutting out different color leaves (their cutting skills are improving) and counting the different colors, then graphing the colors. We discussed the concept of more/less. We worked on shape identification by playing Where is the Turkey (hiding behind different shapes)?  We worked on counting and number identification during story time, when we read 10 Fat Turkeys.        We also worked hard on Literacy skills. We worked on spelling their names with leaves. We also worked on letter matching, letter identification and beginning sounds.      We read The Leaf Man  and the st...
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February Newsletter

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February was a great month in the Plums Class!! We completed our Friendship Theme and started our Community Helpers Theme.  We focused on working together during our Friendship Unit. We painted together as a class and in pairs. We made a friendship chain. We discussed what makes you a good friend. The students had the best answers. Here are some examples..."being kind," "not hurting one another," "saying I love you," "sharing," "listening" and "playing together." We discussed what being kind meant and ways we can be kind to one another. We tied our Friendship Unit into Valentines Day. The kids had so much fun passing out Valentines and decorating Valentines cookies.  We've continued to focus on letter identification, letter sound identification, capital/lowercase letter matching and answering wh- questions after a story is read during literacy group.  We've practiced counting skills, identifying numbers, measuring obje...
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