More Apples

We continued with the apple theme this week. Here is what we have been up to:

Our favourite part of the day
On Monday we learned about apples and read a book.
On Tuesday we had calendar and centres. 
On Wednesday we had calendar and went outside.
On Thursday we had the Terry Fox run and we had hot chocolate.
On Friday Mrs. MacDonald was at professional development learning about new things for our class.

Parts of the Apple
We continued to talk about the parts of the apple and the students coloured and labeled their own apples. I was very impressed with their colouring and labelling; many coloured carefully and inside of the lines.

Apple Investigating
We investigated apples this week. We talked about colour, weight, height and how many seeds. We even discovered that when cut in half horizontally the seed make a star/flower/butterfly (depending on who you are) shape. The children were very excited about this! We used these apples to make some prints.

What did we learn?
Last Monday we thought about all of the things that we knew about apples. On Thursday we added to the list with all of the things that we learned. All of the new things are in green. Ask your child about apples this weekend :)

Morning Message
Everyday I write a message to the students. The purpose of this message is to reinforce concepts that we have been learning in class. This is when we do our poems, practice letters, math concepts and even reading! The children love answering questions, interacting with the whiteboard and showing me what they know. Here is a glimpse at what we did this week:

 Terry Fox Run
This week we learned all about Terry Fox and who he was. On Thursday we went for walk to the park and ran some laps in support of Terry Fox and to raise money for cancer research ("to help the sick children"). The children had so much fun with the walk and they were very interested in learning about Terry Fox.

This week was brought to you by: The letters B and R

Finally we learned about the letters B and R. We practiced writing the uppercase letters and discovered words that start with that sound. When you have a moment practice writing B and R as well as what words start with "buh" (for "bed") or "rrr" (for "rabbit"). Another activity could be finding different objects in the house that start with the letters/sounds that we have been learning. 

Don't Forget:

Remember that examples of past presentations can be found on the table when you drop off or pick up your child.

Feel free to contact me anytime with any questions or concerns. I can be reached at the school, by email or just drop in (I am usually around before school).