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This week in math we focused on 3D Shapes !! We dug deep into learning about the attributes, names, and where we see these 3D shapes all around us! We  learned about the cube, cone, cylinder, and sphere and did lots of hands-on activities to help us learn about them. Here is a look at some of the 3D Shape Activities we did this week: We used our 3D shape friends to help introduce a shape each day. These were great for us to refer to throughout the week and are a fun addition to our classroom :) We practiced writing our 3D shape names, writing about the attributes, and drawing a picture of something that the 3D shape reminds us of.             We worked on sorting 3D shapes.    We identified 3D shapes that we see in the environment.       We worked more on identify 3D shapes that we see in our environment.  We sorted pictures of shapes/shapes we see in our environment by whether or not they were the 3D shape we were focusing on.       We also made a classroom favorite... 3D Shape Hats!

What a quick short week it was! Who doesn't love 3 day weekends?! I was so excited for this week though because we learned all about American Symbols !! I just finished making this American Symbols Pack a little over a week ago and could't wait for my kiddos to get their hands on it! I really wanted them to get a good understanding of the different American symbols, the importance of the American Symbols, and also make it fun for them! We had a blast learning about 6 of the 8 American Symbols (never enough time!) included in the pack this week and made an interactive informational book to show all of our new learning! They were so excited to see what American symbol we were going to learn about next! Their excitement and hard work made this week so much fun! Here is our American Symbols week in action! Monday - No School Tuesday To kick off our week of American symbols, I read the story, 'America Is...' by Louise Borden. This is such an amazing book for younger studen