In Reading We:
- Read our language experience stories
- Practiced "flexibly" using all three cueing systems to read our language experience stories
- Wrote new language experience stories
- Played letter recognition games
- Played initial consonant games
- Played sentence games
- Played rhyming games
- Read and listened to new stories and books
- Practiced auditory cloze
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In Math We:
- Practiced counting
- Played number games
- Played addition games
- Played subtraction games
- Traced pentomino shapes to make pictures
- Played geometric games with pentominoes
- Went shopping in our "store".
- Learned about ounces and pounds
- Weighed "moon rocks" on the scale
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In Music We:
- Sang songs
- Participated in creative movement to the music
- Learned about the life and listened to music of our composer of the month, Gustav Holst
- Played the conductor game
- Played with patterns of notes and rests
- Listened to various recordings
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In Social Studies We:
- Discussed the calendar daily
- Learned new French words
- Discussed current events articles
- Participated in sharing time
- Celebrated the New Year
- Learned about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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In Science We:
- Discussed the season and the weather conditions daily
- Learned the order of the planets in our solar system
- Used skateboards to Newton's third law of motion
- Experienced the pull of gravity on a satellite orbiting the earth
- Ate and drank from zip lock bags similar to the spoon-bowls astronauts use
- Tasted astronaut freeze dried ice cream
- Played a relaxation game astronauts use
- Experimented to see how space affects weight
- Learned about satellites
- Discussed the space shuttle
- Experimented to feel the the effects of friction
- Viewed constellations in our "planetarium"
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In Arts & Crafts We:
- Made decorations for our room
- Painted with tempera paint on black paper
- Made a space helmet
- Made an astronaut drink pouch
- Made a "Friend"
- Made a crewed space craft
- Made a comet
- Made a marshmallow and toothpick satellites
- Made a space shuttle
- Finger-painted pictures of our planet
- Made star scopes
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On the Computers We:
- Reviewed the parts of a computer
- Practiced our math skills
- Practiced our reading skills
- Practiced using the keyboard and the mouse
- Played logic games
- Created and printed artwork utilizing graphics programs
- Practiced using menu commands
- Enjoyed E-Books
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