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DECEMBER

     **Christmas break is Dec. 25-Jan.1st  Come back to school on Tuesday, Jan. 2nd.  

How did we make it to the Christmas season...again??!!!  Students have been making ornaments to decorate the tree.

   

We have been talking about real vs. fake trees.  Did you know you have to water a real tree, but not a fake one.  Did you know that real trees will drop "needles" on the floor if you don't water them?! LOL  

*Question of the month: 
       Do you have a real tree?

RESULTS ARE IN.......

              YES  8      NO   20  

I am always surprised by how may families still have "real" trees. They do smell great, but I can never remember to water the tree! 😂 


Just a few of the books we have been reading this month!

December words we have been talking about: 

Santa, Stocking, Sleigh, Decorations, Ornament, Wreath, Reindeer, Candle, present, glistening, joyous, Elf, poinsettia, holly berries, Eve

**Click HERE for some fun activities to do during the holidays!

**and even MORE websites to have Christmas fun!

I have been talking to my students about a neat website to watch Santa's Reindeer!  Click HERE to see it.  I think Santa shows up at 11am, 6pm and 9pm. We leave it on the computer all day to see the antics those reindeer cause.  This year I saw "The Grinch" steal a stocking and a wreath, while Santa was reading some mail!!        So exciting to share and watch as a family.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of my students and their families. Have a great winter break!!

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NOVEMBER

This month we are going to be talking...Thanksgiving!  I will read a few stories, play turkey games, and even do a worksheet or two.   



Books we are reading this month: 

Who Will Carve the Turkey This Thanksgiving? by Jerry Pallotta
The Great Turkey Race by:  Steve Metzger
10 Fat Turkeys by:  Tony Johnston
Pete the Cat The First Thanksgiving by Kimberly and James Dean 

Books continue to help us reach our goals in speech therapy.  We are working on skills for retell, sequence, answering"wh" questions, and practicing our speech sounds.  I get to introduce "characterization" and we also make sure we know the difference between an author and illustrator.  


We are taking a "poll"!!  In talking about turkey, traditions, food, some of the kids started to tell me that they don't eat turkey!  So I wrote the question on the board:  

                  Do You Eat Turkey?  Yes or No.. 
         Results are in!    34 Yes     15 No


I admit, I am always a little surprised how many kids don't eat turkey.  When I asked them what they eat, they said they didn't know.  My little girl, eats all the "side" dishes, and passes on the turkey.  Her favorite....mashed potatoes, yum!
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OCTOBER

October has arrived and we are celebrating my favorite time of the year  FALL!!!!! 

Every month we make a project for the bulletin board.  This month we learned words like, /prepare, hibernate, migrate, frost/.  We even talked about the leaves changing colors and decorated leaves for the board.   

We just finished up our pumpkin unit.  We read the story I Like Pumpkins, and talked about fake vs. real pumpkins.  We talked about carving and eating pumpkins.  We played a pumpkin board game and worked on our goals!  I was surprised by how many kids love pumpkin pie...maybe we will get to taste some!!! 

Have a little fun.  You can carve a pumpkin on line!!

Oct. 16-20 we start our "ghost" fun.  We read books, play ghost games, and get ready for the fun of Halloween!!