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Thursday, December 22, 2011

School is back Tuesday January 3rd, no class on Monday January 2nd

January 3, 5 (Tuesday/Thursday class) and  January 4 (Monday /Wednesday class)
 Our topic this week is New Years. We will discuss goals and New Years traditions. We will continue to work on alphabet recognition and the phonics for each alphabet.

January 9, 11 (Monday/Wednesday class) and January 10, 12 (Tuesday/ Thursday class)
We will have a letter to highlight, M will be our spotlight. We will talk about Moose and have a craft that features these very tall animals. Our book for the first class day will be "If you give a moose a muffin." Of course we will have muffins for our snack. The book for the second day will be "Thidwick the Big Hearted Moose." Our craft will involve making our own special moose, the students will get to use paint!

January  18 (Monday/Wednesday class)  and January 17, 19 (Tuesday/Thursday class)
There is no school on Monday due to Mr. Luther King Jr. Day. This week will be a theme week and not an alphabet highlight, our theme is heroes!  We will talk about heroes from the past and present day heroes. We will talk about how the children can be heroes with their actions and words.

January 23, 25 (Monday/Wednesday class) and January 24, 26 (Tuesday/Thursday class)
This week the letter focus is N. We will talk about nests and the number nine. Nana that is nearly ninety might stop by for a visit  :)

January 30 and February 1 (Mon. /Wed.) and January 31 and February 2 (Tues/ Thurs)
This week the letter focus will be O. The short O sound will focus on octopuses and the long O sound will focus on oceans. It will be an under the sea week!