Happy Catholic Schools Week! What a busy, fun filled week we had! We kicked of the week with pajama day which is always a huge hit. Who doesn't love wearing their pajamas to school? It was such a great way to begin celebrating such a special week. We also enjoyed wearing our Patriots gear this week as well. We had a LIFT assembly on Thursday with Fr. Matt where we got to sing and pray with the whole school. What a great experience. We did a great job. What a wonderful, special week we had!

This week we continued to talk about our Farm Unit, focusing on why farmers have animals. We discussed how farmers need animals for many different things, one of the most unexpected answers was simply because farmers love to take care of animals! How adorable! We are still enjoying playing in our pretend horse stable as well as our pretend barn area. It is a nice way to enjoy some "warmth" with all this cold and snow outside!

During Literacy small group we worked more on identifying beginning sounds. We played a game where we each got an item and had to identify the item and the sound that the item began with. We really enjoyed this game and will continue to play this game in the future. We also played a game where we had to identify which sound did not sound like the other. When we would hear a word that did not begin with the same sound as the others we would make a farm animal noise such as a "moo" or a "baa" to show that it was different. We all thought this was hilarious. Who knew learning could be so fun?? This week we also worked on the letter Jj during small group time as well. We worked on writing it, identifying words that being with Jj and coloring pictures that being with the Jj sound. We are moving right along with our alphabet!

During Math small group we worked on comparing sets of items and using math terms to describe them such as " more, same number, as many as, and not as many". We also talked about "fewer". Some of these terms were new to us so they were a little tricky to get used to but we will continue to work on them.

During story time this week we read "Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type". We really enjoyed this book about Farmer brown and his silly cows that used a typewriter to communicate with the farmer. We also got to listen to it on CD which was a nice treat as well. It is always special to hear someone else read a story once in a while. Because we enjoyed this book so much, as a special treat, we read "Click Clack, Peep" which was about Farmer Brown and a silly chick. These are great silly stories about farm life that really gave us a lot of time to chat and work on recalling what happened in the story before rereading it in the next time. We loved them.

Next week we will enjoy a visit from the Walpole Dental Associates to talk all about Dental Health, continue talking all about Farm Life and learn about the letter Dd. It is going to be another fun week!

Please send in your Valentine Bags to decorate by Tuesday February 6th. A medium sized gift bag will work great! Thank you!!