WEEKLY UPDATE WEEK 13

RE Weekly Update: November 28th, to December 2nd, 2016

	Last Week	Next Week
Phonics/ writing	This week, we continued learning our letters sounds in unit 2 and were introduced to 2 new letters sounds, f and h.  We practiced blending some new words using the letters from unit 1 and unit 2 and began learning our new camera words	Next week, We will continue to work on Unit 2 letter sounds. We will focus on working on Unit 2 camera words and on blending simple CVC words.
Math	This week, we worked on repeated and creating patterns using various objects.	Next week, we will look at using vocabulary describing quantity using the words ‘more’ or ‘less’.
PSD	This week we talked about birthdays and how to celebrate a birthday. What do we need to prepare for a birthday party; writing birthday cards, birthday invitations, wrapping up gifts and so forth.	During this lesson we will make a Christmas mind map and discuss all the things that we know about Christmas.
Science	This week we talked about past and present birthdays in our family and in the lives of family members.	Next week, we will talk about Christmas. What is Christmas? Why do we celebrate it and where does it come from? We will look into the nativity story and play various activities.
Art	This week we learned how to wrap up gifts and we made a birthday cake using various pieces of paper.	Next week, we will make elves hats for our Christmas show coming up. Throughout the week we will have various crafts available around the classroom during child initiated periods based around the theme of Christmas.
Physical	Last week we played the bean game. It’s a fun game that children love. It teaches them how to move confidently in a range of ways, safely negotiating space.	Next week, we will decorate our classroom’s Christmas tree. Please don’t tell anyone!
Notices and Events	Extra day for the Learning Journeys: you are welcome to come on Tuesday November 29th from 8:00-9:00 for a writing lesson. For the Christmas concert: please bring a Christmas present for your child. After the concert Library borrowed books: Please return borrowed books before Tuesday in our class’s basket. Thank you.