Our new UPK Unit is called Where We Live. In this unit , the class will learn about different kinds of homes around the world. They will learn how they build a house. They will also learn about different kinds of buildings and their neighborhoods.They will learn that animals have homes also all over the world. We will focus on different animal habitats like the desert, the artic, the forest, the farm and the rain forest and the grasslands.  We will learn how to add  with polar animals and we will make patterns with desert animals. We will practice counting out amounts on our Christmas mats and learn the AAB pattern with unifex cubes. We will put numbers in number order and graph our favorite place to live. We will read the books Raise The Roof, Houses and Homes, On Our Street and Building A House. We will learn the letters Ii, Jj and Kk and write the sentence I am going to build a house. I live in an apartment and I live on a farm. We will also finish up our mini lessons on different kinds of tools. We will also learn the right to left curve and the sleeping line on our whiteboards. We are also learning about Advent and the Christmas story and look forward to making holiday cards and gifts to our families.