Shapes and Nutrition

This week we continued our 2D Shapes and Nutrition units. 

Our favourite part of the day:

On Monday we had centres and played with beanbags. 

On Tuesday had centres and practiced the letter v.

On Wednesday we learned about my favourite letter and had centres. 

On Thursday we did vegetable stamping and counting by 10's. 

On Friday we practiced the letter a and did exercises. 

2D Shapes Continued:

We continued learning and discussing 2D Shapes. We created a chart showing how many sides and corners each shape has as well as the type of line. Here is the before and after:

Later in the week I added a new column: "Looks like..."

The children had to search around the room to see if they could spot each shape. They had fun and continued trying to find shapes the rest of the day. The hexagon, trapezoid and oval were a bit tough so I am leaving those for this week. Here is the poster now:

More Nutrition:

We learned about the fruit and vegetable food groups this week. This is a group that the children are very familiar with. I cut up some fruit and vegetables and then the children did vegetable stamping. 

I added a few more activities to our nutrition centre: 

"Can" You Count? (Counting by 10's)

Cracked Eggs! (Reading CVC Words)

Scrumptious Spelling (Phonics Spelling)

Pretend Play and Food Group Sorting with Different Foods

Animated Literacy:

This week in Animated Literacy we reviewed P and U and created the words up and pup. We took the time on Monday to draw a pup and write a sentence. The children did a wonderful job! Here are a couple examples:

The two new characters were Dr. Ollie Ostrich who heals animals with olive omelets and Mimi Mermaid who makes monsters march to mud with her magic mop. Please go over the handouts that have been sent home with your child to review the sounds and letters. They can colour the picture and then circle the special sound within the song at the bottom. 

Chinese New Year:
We have started decorating for Chinese New Year. We will begin talking about this event later in the week and celebrating it on January 31. 

This week was brought to you by: The letters v, w, t and a

This week we practiced writing more lowercase letters. When you have a moment practice writing v, w, t and a as well as what words start with "vvv" (for "van"), "wuh" (for "wet"), "tuh" (for "tap") and "aa" (for "ant"). Another activity could be finding different objects in the house that start with the letters/sounds that we have been learning. 

Don't Forget:

On cold days please make sure to send hats and mittens. Also, on days where there is snow or it is slushy please send boots and snow pants. Thank you!

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).