We continued to work on writing and drawing in our thinking journals as well after being inspired by the book "Snowfeather" by Cecile Gagnon. Students brainstormed ideas together about what happened at the end of the book and made predictions by drawing, talking, and writing about it.
We continued playing math games and exploring different ways to make different numbers.
We encourage parents to help their child "read the world"! This means having discussions about letters and words they see in their everyday life. For example, when going for a walk in the community, stop and notice what words you see? A STOP sign? Take a moment and help your child notice each letter and sound it out. What letters do they notice in the playground? Does the slide look like a letter they can think of? Does the tree in your backyard remind them of a letter? Do they recognize environmental prints such as "McDonalds" "Walmart" and "ToysRUs"? What letters are in each of those words? Try sounding them out together! Please feel free to take pictures of your own personal letter experiences and email them to us so we can share our words with each other.
