Our favourite part of the day:
On Monday we played four corners and talked about ducks.
On Tuesday we measured worms and the kids.
On Wednesday we learned the parts of a duck and played seven up.
On Thursday we had a letter writing centre and reviewed parts of a duck.
On Friday we do not have school.
Ducks!
We started a new unit on ducks this week. I asked the children what they already knew about ducks and they came up with quite a list.
After that we created a list of things that we wanted to learn about ducks.
As the unit continues I hope to answer all of their questions and more. To start off the unit we learned the parts of a duck. We played various games with the vocabulary words to help us remember.
Measurement:
We continued to learn about length (long and short). We focussed on ordering items from shortest to longest. The children found this to be a difficult concept so we did many activities with this. We did ordering with worms, our names and ourselves. I told the children that I wanted to see a slanted line when we were all done not mountains or zigzags. By the end of the week they started to understand this. We will do some more activities with this next week as well.
Ducks!
We started a new unit on ducks this week. I asked the children what they already knew about ducks and they came up with quite a list.
After that we created a list of things that we wanted to learn about ducks.
As the unit continues I hope to answer all of their questions and more. To start off the unit we learned the parts of a duck. We played various games with the vocabulary words to help us remember.
tail, head, webbed feet, wing, eye, neck, breast and bill
We will be getting ducklings at the end of April. The children are very excited about this! It should be a fun adventure.
Measurement:
We continued to learn about length (long and short). We focussed on ordering items from shortest to longest. The children found this to be a difficult concept so we did many activities with this. We did ordering with worms, our names and ourselves. I told the children that I wanted to see a slanted line when we were all done not mountains or zigzags. By the end of the week they started to understand this. We will do some more activities with this next week as well.
Here are the completed worms.
April Fools!
I read the book "April Foolishness" by Teresa Bateman on Monday to explain to the children what April Fool's day was. Then on Tuesday the children were in a tricking mood all morning and so was I. The calendar read April 1, 2012 and I wrote a note, our math facts and special helper's name backwards. It was a fun filled morning.
Animated Literacy:
This week we learned two new characters. We learned about Chauncy Chipmunk who likes to chop chocolate chips and cheese into chowder and Ichabod Ichthyosaurus who is itchy from inchworms. After learning these new sounds we practiced reading some words.
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. Remember that Animated Literacy focuses on the sound (phonics) and the writing (graphemes) so for Chauncy Chipmunk we focus on the "ch" as seen in the words chin and itch.
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. Remember that Animated Literacy focuses on the sound (phonics) and the writing (graphemes) so for Chauncy Chipmunk we focus on the "ch" as seen in the words chin and itch.
Handwriting Without Tears
This week we wrote a paragraph that had different punctuation and turned h's into b's creating new words (for example: hug turned into bug). When you have a moment practice writing the alphabet or simple words with your child. Please watch for size and spacing.
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).
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