gingerbread week Dec. 8-12

Our End of the Year Show will be on Thursday December 18 at 11:45  Please come see "The Gingerbread-The Musical"
-Gingerbread Homework- I will be sending "homework" next week as well.  Please have fun with you child with the at home math activity.  (Gingerbread Measuring)

- We also have an elf named Holly who will be visiting us in the month of December.  Holly be hiding in our classroom and keeping an eye on all of us.
-We are also enjoys guest readers during this unit

Books this week

Gingerbread Girl
Gingerbread Boy

Small Groups
-Measuring with non-standard units of measure with our gingerbread rulers hunt in the high school
-Gingerbread Rhyming activity
-Gingerbread Sequencing in order from smallest to largest using 6 different sizes
-Gingerbread Tally Game- We will spin a spinner and record which gingerbread man it lands on. We will discuss concepts of more, less, and equal

Center
Blocks-Blocks
Sensory Table-Snow (aka popcorn from boxes)
Dramatic Play-  Gingerbread Bakery
Library- A variety of books about gingerbread
Art Table-Painting with gingerbread cookie cutters
Easel- Water Colors
Science Table
Puzzles- Puzzles
Manipulatives- Ipad apps to make cookies
Writing Center- Writing Letters

Song, Word Play and Letters
Poems- 5 little cookies
Songs- gingerbread songs, Tale of the Gingerbread Musical Songs
Literacy Skills- Letter Sound Activities, Change and Rearrange Words

Handwriting
-We will be working on our  HWT books (We are working on Big and Little Line Letters like E,F,T,L)