*We are learning about the numbers 18, 19, 20.  *Can you count that many items?  *Can you write these numbers?
*What does our Superkid Lily like to do?  (play with her stuffed animal family)  *What kind of animals are they?   (lions - Mama, Papa, Lad, and Lass)
*Can you think of some words that have the l/l/ sound in the beginning, the middle, and the end?  *Do you have a Ll in your name?
*What are some ways that you can excercise and keep your bodies healthy?
*We are learning about eating healthy.  *What are some healthy foods that you like to eat?  (vegetables, fruits, meat/proteins, grains/breads, and milk/dairy)
*We are learning about the Sacrament of Baptism.  
*Who baptized Jesus?  (His cousin John the Baptist)
*What happened right after Jesus was baptized?  (the sky openned up and the clouds moved away, a peace dove flew down, and the voice of God spoke saying the He was pleased that Jesus was his Son and that He loved Jesus)
*Martin Luther King believed in bringing people together.  *How can you do this at home?  At school?
*How can you show kindness like Martin Luther King?
*What does it mean to be equal?  Fair?  Cooperative?  Polite?  Respectful?  Kind?  Honest?
******Please practice the "teen" numbers with your child.   What do these number look like?  *Can I write these numbers?  *Can I show that many?

*What did you use to decorate your Three King crown?
*What did the Three Kings follow to find their way to baby Jesus?  (the star)
*What numbers are missing - 1, 2, 3, ___ 5, __, ___?
*Can you write the numbers 11 and 12?  *Can you count 11 and 12 of something?
*We are learning about our "teen" numbers.  *Can you think of a teen number?  (15, 16,...)  *Can you think of a two digit number?  (43, 55....)
*Our Superkid, Sal like to exercise and hit a punching bag.  *What sound did the bag make when the air came out of it?  (sssss)  *What sound did the punching bag make when Sal hit it?  (soc)  
*Our Superkid, Sal taught us how to read the following words:  soc, sag, sad, Doc.
*What does an animal do when it hibernates?  (it sleeps and slows its heart rate down)
*Can you think of some animals that hibernate during the winter?  (ladybugs, bears, some frogs, doormice, skunks,.....)
*Before an animal hibernates it will eat lots of food.  *If you were to hibernate, what food would you eat lots of?  (some of our answers were - ice cream, chicken, lobster, pizza, strawberries,....)
*Who is our newest Superkid?  (Lily)  
 

*We have a new year and a new month.  *What is our new month?  (January) 
*What is our new year? (2020)
*We read the book Squirrel's Resolution.   *What is your resolutions or goals for the year 2020?  *In the New Year, I will..... ?
*We had a new year party in our classroom.  *What special snack did we make and eat?  (an edible ball dropping - a cupcake on the bottom and a marshmallow on the top)
*We counted and graphed the number of items that we collected on the Mitten Tree.  *Which item had the most or greater amount?  *Which item had the fewest or small amount?
*Can you show 2 more?  *If you have 5 cupcakes, what is 2 more?  *What is 2 more than 12?  
*Did you enjoy the visit from Mr. Chris from High Touch - High Tech?  *What was your favorite experiment that we did?  *We learned about force.  Did you use force to pull the tablecloth out from under the plates and cups?  
*Can we see gravity?  (no)  *Gravity is a force that we can not see.  

*Who is our new Superkid?  (Sal)
*What does Sal like to do?  (play all kinds of sports - especially soccer, skiing, skating, basketball, sledding,.....)
*Can you think of some words that start with the /s/ sound?  
*Can you read the word dog?  *Can you change the first letter and make a new word?   (bog, log, hog,....)
*What is 2 more than 3?  (5)  *How old are you?  *How old will you be in 2 more years?
*Can you read these sight words:  my, me, love, he, she, is, to?  *Can you find these words in a book or on a sign?
*Can you read your Jesus, Jesus Who Do You See?  book to your family?
*What does an asking sentence have at the end of it?  (A question mark)
*We did a write the room in math.  *What did we count?  (light bulbs hanging from the reindeer's antlers, we wrote both the number and the number words)
*What season officially starts on Saturday?  (Winter). *Does it already feel like winter outside?
*We are learning about rhyming words.  *Can you think of some words that rhyme with bat?
 

*What week of Advent are we in?  *How many candles are lit on our Advent wreath?  (2)
*Who did you sit next to during our school mass?  (our 6th grade mass buddies)
*We are learning how to blend sounds together to make words.  *Can you read these words:  odd, Doc, dog?
*What does the word odd mean?  *Do you think that Doc made some odd toys?  *Would you want to ride on the bicycle with wings?  *Would you want to use Doc's homemade dishwasher?  *Why or why not?
*Some of the sight words that we are learning how to read are:  he, she, is, one, the, and, is, on, dog, Doc, odd.  *Can you find some of these words in a book or on a sign?  
*Where are sight words?  (everywhere in the world around us)  
*What happens when you add two numbers together? (you get a bigger number)
*What is one more than 8?  *What is 1 more than 24?  
*Can you think of a number that is more than 15?  *Can you think of some numbers that are more than 20?
*Did you enjoy having gym with our mass buddies?  
*We made an elf craft.  *What would your elf name be?  *What elf job would you like to have?  *What would be your favorite part of being an elf?  *Do you think it would be fun to be one of Santa's helpers?

*Can you practice writing the upper case and lower case letter Dd?  *Can you write Dd with markers, crayons, pencils,....?  *Can you use shaving cream, play dough,.....?
*What words have the same beginning sound as Doc - donut, fish, dinosaur, do, ball, cup, dishes, diamond, donkey,......?
*Do you like to fix old toys and create new and unique toys like Doc does?
*We are giving gifts of kindness during Advent.  *We open a gift daily and try to do what is written on the gift. So far we have done the following acts of kindness: give someone a compliment, be helpful to others, show appreciation for our principal by making thank you notes, greet/say hello to at least 5 people.
*Can you show some acts of kindness at home this week?  *What kind act can you do?
*What numbers are fewer or less than 5?  *What are some numbers that are more/greater than 5?
*Can you tell your family the story of Jesus' birth?  *Remember to include Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, the angel, the star, the 3 kings/wise men, and the shepherds.
*Why is Jesus the reason for the Christmas season?
*What week of Advent are we in? (the first week)  *How many weeks are in Advent?  Hint- how many candles are on our Advent wreath?  (4)
*What are we waiting for during Advent?  (Jesus' birth)  *Is it easy to wait for something that is very important or exciting?
*When did St Nicholas live?  (a very long, long time ago)  *What did St. Nicholas do with his money and time?  (he gave his money and time to help the poor)  *Do you think that St. Nicholas was kind to others?
*What did St. Nicholas do with the sack of gold coins at the house that had three daughters?  (he threw the coins in the window on two nights, and on the third night he threw the coins down the chimney so that the father would not see him)
*Why do we sometimes call Santa "Saint Nicholas"?
*What did St. Nicholas leave in our classroom when we were at gym?  (a sack that was filled with gold coin)  *Did everyone get some gold coins?  (yes)  *Were you surprised?

*Can you read the following sight words:  is, in, the, are, love, I, you, and?  *Can you find these words in a book or on a sign?
*We did a candy corn stacking challenge.  *How many pieces were you able to stack?  *What was easy about the challenge?  *What was tricky?  
*Did you enjoy sampling the candy corn?  *Did you like the taste?
*Who is our new Superkid?  (Doc)  *What does Doc like to do?  (fix toys)  *What does Doc also like to do?  (make the toys her own by putting her own ideas into the toys and making the toys different and unique)
*Can you sing some of our turkey songs to your families?
*We did a candy corn experiment.  *Did the hot or the cold water dissolve the candy corn faster?  (hot water)  *What did the water do to the candy corn?  (the water "melted" or dissolved the candy, breaking apart the sugar)  *Was it fun watching the water going in between the sugar molecules and dissolving the candy corn?  
*What does the letter Dd say?  *Can you write the letter Dd?  *What words do you know that start with the letter Dd?
*Please share your Thanksgiving prayer with your family.
***Best wishes for a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving!******
 

*Can you count of 8 of an item?  *Can you count 9 of an item?  *Can you count 10 of an item?  *Can you show one more?  *Can you show one less?
*If you could go on an adventure with Alf, where would you want to go?   *Why?
*Can you think of some words that have the /a/ sound in the middle?  (bad, sad, mad, glad, bat, cat...)
*What colors did you use to paint your Indian Corn?  (purple, yellow, red, orange)
*We are learning about the first Thanksgiving and what it was like to live about 400 years ago.
*How did Wampanoag children help their families?  (they went to the stream to get water, they helped to pick the crops, they scared the birds away from the crops, they gathered wood....)
*How did the Pilgrim children help their families?  (They carried firewood, fed the chickens, picked the crops,.....)
*What is something that both the Wampanoag and Pilgrim children helped to do?
*How do help out at home?  Do you have chores that you do to help your families?
*What is the Native American word for corn?  (Maize)
*Did you enjoy listening to the book, The Book Without Pictures?  
*How many syllables do these words have - peas, carrots, turkey, stuffing, corn?
*How many syllables do you have in your name?  *Did you clap or put your finger under your chin to find out the answer?

 

*Who is a Veteran?  (A woman or a man who served our country in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard)
*Do you think that Veterans are helpful and brave?  
*We had a mystery reader on Monday. Who was it?  (John’s Mom, Mrs. Mals)
*What happened in the book A Case of Stripes?  *Did you eat your Lima beans?
*Who is our new Superkid?(Alf). *What does Alf like to do and see?  (Alf likes to go on adventures and he like ants, apples, and anteaters)
*Can you write the letter Aa?  What sound does Aa make?
*What are some amazing facts about ants?  (they can lift 20 times their weight; they live in anthills with worker ants, babies, and the queen....)
*What are some amazing facts about anteaters?  (they love to eat ants and termites, they have a long sticky tongue,  their tongue can go out 2 feet...)
*In math, we learned about the numbers 6, 7, 8 and 9.  *Can you write these numbers?  *Can you count out that many items?   *Can you add one more; two more?   *Can you show one less; two less?
*How did you finish this sentence, "Save the turkey, eat more ________"?  *What color feathers did you put on your turkey?
*Can you think of some words that rhyme with bag?