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GOOFY GAZETTEJANUARY 13, 2011

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WEEK OF JANUARY 9 - 13:y We read Iguana on Ice and My i book, added many pictures to our letter Ii Ziploc

baggie and learned the two sounds the letter Ii makes (please review this sound with meat home, in the car, or in the bathtub!).

y We made our letter i into an igloo using marshmallows!y We added three new words to our word wall for the letter Ii: I, is, it.y We practiced our long and tall straight lines to prepare us for practicing our lower and

upper case I.

y We practiced writing upper and lower case Ii.y We wrote our name with invisible ink (baking soda & water) and then revealed our

message with grape juice!

y We read through our letter Ii book and circled all the letter Iis.y We practiced writing our names, the #2 and two.y We learned about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from a beautifully written book, Martin

Luther King, Jr. A Biography for Young Children by Carol Hilgartner and BarbaraMetzger. We learned Dr. King dream was for peace and friendship for all. We made

Wings of Peace (dove), enjoyed some friendship punch and learned a new song toremember Dr. King by (words at the end).

y We practiced counting by tens with our crazy for corn sheet.y We worked on our visual discrimination with our party hat pairs. This was difficult for

most of us so we will be working on this some more throughout the next few months.

y We had a great time experimenting with ice, colored water and salt! Ask me what happenwhen we filled our eyedroppers with colored salt water and dropped it on the ice.

y We learned what penguins would write to each other if they were able to as we readthrough our Scholastics Lets Find Out.

yWe played Penguin, Penguin, Wheres your fish?

y We practiced our counting (and eating) skills as we counted out the correct number offish to feed our penguin.

y We tried our hand at fishing. As we caught each fish we told our friend what letter wecaught and then fed it to our penguin.

y We continued to count by 2s up to 20 and learn My Country Tis of Thee.y We learned two new Sing & Spell sight word songs: two and three (words below).y In Spanish, our theme has been around the home. We have learning how to say many

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different things all around our home.

y During Storybook Caf, we read North Country Night by Daniel San Souci and madeWinter Nibbles!

WORDS OF WISDOM...WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU A HUNDRED REASONS TO CRY,

SHOW LIFE THAT YOU HAVE A THOUSAND REASONS TO SMILE!

COMING UP NEXT WEEKLetter Oo (dont forget to bring in an item that begins with the letterOo!), Number 3 & three, Opposites

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Monday, January 16th

Preschool Closed, Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Tuesday, February 14th Valentines Day Party-Bring Valentines for each friend, have your childaddress one for each friendGREAT writing practice and if you start

early he/she wont get overwhelmed! Friend list below.

Thursday, February 16th

100th

Day Celebration

TWO THREETwo, two, two Kangaroo, Kangeree

Two, two, two Goes three, three, three

Twos a ducky Kangaroo, Kangaree

Very lucky Goes three, three, three

Two, two, two (repeat)

A Melody for Martin Luther King Jr. Penguin Parts(sung to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb) (sung to the tune of Head and Shoulders)

Dr. Martin Luther King Beak and belly, flippers, feet; flippers, feet.

Dr. King, Dr. King! Beak and belly, flippers, feet; flippers, feet.

Dr. Martin Luther King- Im a penguin, black and white and neat!

He was a loving man. Beak and belly, flippers, feet; flippers, feet.

He loved all children everywhere, Im a Polar Bear

Everywhere, everywhere! (sung to the tune of Im a Little Teapot)

He loved all children everywhere.

He was a loving man. Im a polar bear, so big and tall.My paws are huge; my tail is small.

He had a dream for you and me, I live way up on the Arctic ice.You and me, you and me. Yum! I think that fish taste nice!

He had a dream for you and me

That we will live in peace. VALENTINE FRIEND LIST

Eva Bahar

Happy Birthday, Dr. King, Chase Nicole

Dr. King, Dr. King! Bryton JoshHappy Birthday, Dr. King! Jack Wesley

We will remember you. Lily