Week 6 Update

Hello Parents and Families,

We are up to week 6 already. Time is flying! The kids are into a routine and we are learning something new every day. I was feeling ill and was out on Tuesday but the kids were in great hands with Ms. Karen, who knows all of our routines and class rules.

It was great to have Sunday back in our schedule. If you have walked past our classroom, you may have seen the nighttime pumpkins the children created in Art. We started with learning about pumpkins. What do they look like? What do they feel like? What do they smell like? What can you do with a pumpkin? They learned pumpkins come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. They drew their own pumpkin and mixed yellow and red to paint it orange. When it dried, we made a nighttime background with chalk and black paper. We have gotten many compliments on the artwork and the children loved that we had an actual pumpkin in our classroom to observe.

In Language Arts this week, we practiced our four sight words by making flashcards and playing teacher with a friend. They were allowed to sit anywhere in the classroom with a friend and teach each other how to read! I walked around the room to listen and observe.  The children bought their flashcards home to practice during the weekend. Next week, we will be adding the word ‘see’ to our vocabulary.

Show and tell on Wednesday went great. It was brief but the children were very engaged and excited all day about it. It was a great activity to practice speaking and listening to our friends. We saw and learned about our friends’ photographs, little toys and stuffed animals. Some children forgot to bring their item. I told them not to worry; I forgot my special item too! We will do show and tell every week so they will have another opportunity to bring it in.

In Math, we are adding prepositions to our vocabulary: over, beneath, next to, between, beside, etc. We will continue to work on them next week. They were only introduced to them this week and I plan to teach them a song soon that will help them remember what each word means.

In Social Studies, we talked about problems and solutions. I gave each table a problem such as being lost, spilling juice, and fighting over a toy. Each table thought of things they could do to solve their problem and shared them with the class.

In Science, we are starting to learn about plants. We talked about different type of plants, such as trees, shrubs, and grasses. Each child drew an example of each type of plant and we will be planting our own plants very soon!

Please send your children to school with their blue files and channel books every day. I may need to write a note home and prefer to write it in the channel book. Also, please remove the papers from the files every day so that I can confirm that notices have been received. This would be greatly appreciated.

Next week is Reading Week at GP School! Every classroom will be keeping track of the number of books they read during the week. I will send home a reading log on Sunday. Please encourage your children to read a book every night.

I will keep everyone updated on our Reading Week activities on this blog. Please check it often next week!

Have a great weekend,

Ms.Victoria