This week we read a bunch of different versions of the Gingerbread Man/Boy. We worked on identifying problems and solutions, characters and settings, comparing the different stories, and even more. Today students got to write their own gingerbread story and create a gingerbread out of paper and other craft materials. It was great to see their imaginations going! Ask them which story was their favorite and why? Who were the characters? What was the problem and solution?
In math this week we continued to work on addition. We worked on adding using our fingers, with drawings, with dice, dominoes, and even students. We discussed how adding is putting two numbers together and we get a bigger number for the answer. We also discussed how to make a number sentence _+_=_. We looked at each number sentence we wrote and discussed how 3+1 & 1+3 will both equal 4, or how 2+2, 3+1, 1+3, 4+0, and 0+4 all equal 4! Next week we will start to work on subtraction. We also continued to work on counting to 100 by ones, fives, and tens! We have a chart in our class with every students name and when they can count to 100 by either ones, fives, or tens they get to put a sticker next to their names. We are encouraging them to practice counting at home as well. Our goal is to get every student in our class counting to 100 by ones, fives, and tens!
In writing this week we started off with our letter of the week Y and discussed how it can make 3 different sounds! We also focused on writing about Groundhog Day. Students practiced labeling a groundhog, writing facts about the groundhog, making predictions on whether the groundhog would or would not see his shadow, and writing sentences about groundhogs. We continue to work on sounding out words to write, starting a sentence with a capital, putting spaces between words, and ending with punctuation (. ? !).
We will be doing our next stem day on Thursday January 27th, 2020. A letter was sent home this week about materials needed. I am also adding it here.
Dear Kindergator Parents,
Our next STEM activity is quickly approaching! We need your help in obtaining the materials the
students will need to complete the project. Please consider sending in any of the following materials:
- -quilt filling (looks like a big bag of cottony material)
- -sugar cubes
- -tissue/shoes boxes (empty)
- -toilet paper rolls / paper towel rolls
- -Saran Wrap – blue color only
- -aluminum foil
- -construction paper
- -chenille sticks
- -tissue paper-white, green, blue
- -cotton balls
- -Playdough or Crayola Air Dry Clay- White
- -Anything the students could use to depict an arctic habitat
We will be having some fun next Friday for Valentines day. We will be sorting conversation hearts, graphing how many we have of each, doing an experiment with conversation hearts, and handing out valentines. A letter went home last week about valentines day and what is needed. I am attaching it here as well (Please note we did get a new student so we are now at 23).
News from Music
Hello Parents!
All Addison students now have access to Student Interactives on www.quavermusic.com
which is a resource we use in the music room. Use the PowerPoint provided as your guide for logging into the website. If you have any questions, please email me at michele.champion@cobbk12.org.
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Growing library of over 1,200 songs for every teaching and learning need
www.quavermusic.com
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THANKS!
Dr. Sampson
Dr. Michele Sampson, music specialist
Addison Elementary School
First Steps in Music and Orff Schulwerk Certified
MIE Certified
President, Atlanta Area Orff Chapter
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- 02/04/2020: Picture Day
- 02/10-14/2020: Teacher Appreciation Week
- 02/11/2020: Papa John's Night
- 02/14/2020: Progress Reports go home
- 02/17-21/2020: Winter Break (NO SCHOOL)
- 02/25/20202: Firehouse Sub Night
- 02/28/2020: FBI Breakfast (7:00-7:45 am)
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