calendar, Discussed shadows and how they are created. Introduced Groundhog's Day -made groundhog puppets and used them with a lamp to create shadows. Took puppets outside to see if the groundhog would have seen his shadow if he was in Florida today - no because it was cloudy. Looked on Google to see if Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today - yes he did. Shadow Matching Game worksheet - cut out pictures of hands and the shadows they created and matched them. This was really difficult for Quinn - he just couldn't seem to focus on the shape of the hands even when I helped him put his hand into the same formation. Went into Conference Room and used the projector light and screen to create a shadow puppet show with our groundhogs and then we practiced making the hand shadows from the matching game. 100 Chart - Introduced number 30. Made groups of 30 plastic chains. Divided them to see how many groups of 5 and 10 there are in 30. Wrote 30 thirty times on the board. Listened to the taped folk tale 'Hilga's Dowry' and did comprehension worksheet. Played 'Sight Word Bingo'

Warm up and stretch with each student leading an exercise. Putting the routine together for block routine 1. Individual student practise.

Each student leads an exercise, practise blocks with a partner. Learn new Blocks and Practise with partner. Color a picture of Karateka doing a downward block

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calendar, 100 chart - Introduced New Month and holidays in February. Played Heart Bingo with
numbers 1-29. Counted groups of hearts and matched to numbers -Gwendolyn - read two Wright Books and did two comprehension worksheets. Read list of new words for next section of SRA. Anna and Quinn - sight word dragon game. Printing A,C,D,G,,O,S Stephen - initial sound flash cards, Starfall.com. Letters C and O worksheet. Reviewed 5 senses - played matching senses card game. Introduced valentine song 'Love Somebody'

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calendar, 100 chart - reviewed 1-25 on board. Worksheet counting 26-29. Counted to create a group of 20 objects. -Gwendolyn - read in A Pig Can Jig - comprehension worksheets - 90% Anna/Quinn review sheet on initial sounds of A,C,D,G,L,O,S - Leap Frog letters. Stephen - initial sound flash cards-Crazy Closet Letter C worksheet, Octopus letter O worksheet. Reviewed meaning of 'observation' . Introduced five senses as our tools to use to observe. Played Connect A Chain with numbers 1-29. Cutout numbers 1-29 from play dough.

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calendar, 100 chart - reviewed 1-25 on board. Worksheet counting 26-29. Counted to create a group of 20 objects - this was difficult for Stephen and Quinn. Gwendolyn - worksheets matching words and sentences to illustrations - 100%. Anna/Quinn review sheet on initial sounds of A,C,D,G,L,O,S. They both still have trouble printing the letters - Anna can recall but her small motor skill isn't developed enough. Quinn actually knows the letter to choose but can't always recall how to write it - however, once I show him the letter, he can copy it with some difficulty. Stephen - reviewed identifying initial sounds of words-he still has difficulty with this, but he is young and I am not going to push him to mastery at this time. I am going to introduce the new letter sounds to him as I teach them to Anna and Quinn and just let him absorb what he can until it clicks. He still has all of next year to master them. I am going to have him work a lot with games like LeapFrog fridge letters and Starfall.com, etc. to make it fun so he doesn't get discouraged because as you know, he now loves to do his work! We worked on our Valentine's. Review discussion of community - looked at Time For Kids neighborhood map and Berenstein Bear's neighborhood map.

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