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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
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
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
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.
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"
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
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