Week 5 Update

I’m so excited to officially announce that Ms. Karen will join us as a full time assistant for the rest of the school year!  The children and I alike are thrilled to have her in the classroom with us. She knows the children well from working with several of them in KG1. We are so happy to have her part of our KG2B family. J

In Language Arts, we are continuing to practice our sight words. I know how excited they are when they are able to read a simple sentence. We will be reviewing all of our sight words so far next week (I, like, the, and). We will practice reading sentences such as “I like the (picture of a park) and the (picture of the zoo)”. They can no longer say they can't read!

In Math, we are reviewing numbers from 0-5. While the children all know how to count to 5, we are really working on how to write the numbers. Many children write the 3, 4 and 5 backwards or from bottom to top. We are working on identifying numbers that are written correctly and that are written backwards. 

In Science, we learned about the four things animals need to live: air, water, food, and a home. We drew water, a home, and food onto a three piece puzzle and cut and pasted it onto colored paper. They are displayed in our classroom and look great. 

In Social Studies, we are discussing the importance of taking responsibility. It is a big word but the children understand after some examples they could relate to! For example, when you spill something, it is your responsibility to clean it up. We also talked about being responsibility for taking care of our environment and what it is to recycle. We added a recycling bin to our classroom this week and the children love putting plastic and paper in it.

Like last week, we managed to squeeze Art into our agenda with some simple paper hand puppets. The children loved them! They decorated their puppets as different animals and had fun using silly voices for them. They were so easy to make that some children decided to make two for their siblings and themselves. If you would like to make some at home, they are a fun and easy weekend craft. They’re great for the kids because they can practice their oral and motor skills.

Here’s the link for instructions:  http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/paper-puppets-909092/

Some of the children probably came home yesterday very excited to show you their blue folder because I told them there was a permission slip inside for a trip to see Dora the Explorer! The trip will take place on November 8^th. The cost is 185EGP per child and the fees are due by October 16^th (Tuesday). If you need another permission slip or if your child did not come home with one (I saw one got left behind on Thursday), please let me know as soon as possible and I will send one home.

We are slowly moving into having the children pack up their book bags independently. I assist them by drawing a book bag checklist in the board with pictures. They need to check if they have their lunchboxes, water bottles, blue folder and sweaters before they leave. This will become our afternoon pack up routine.  I still prepare their blue folder by putting all of their papers inside but it is a big step up from having their book bags packed up for them!

I hope everyone has a great, relaxing weekend,

Ms. Victoria