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| Maeve and Bryant say "Cheese!" |
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
Our trip to the Lebanon Opera House was delightful. We saw Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The children appeared to all enjoy the show and I hope they were able to share some of the highlights or their favorite parts with you when they got home.
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| Mrs. Lancaster reads Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day! |
The day before the play we read the book during rest time. The children were able to practice at not looking at the pictures and using their imagination as Mrs. Lancaster read to them.
ELA Phonics
Thank you for returning your child’s School to Home Journal. We will continue to write in them and send them home for you to read with your child and add comments. Feel free to ask them questions which they can respond to. :)
Math: We continue to work with the concept of addition as we add days in our Morning Meeting and do more traditional math activity sheets that require counting and adding on.
Next week we will be working with Ten-Frames worksheets which will help them understand the different ways to make ten as well as visually identify what numbers less than ten “look” like.
6th Grade Buddies: We have also revisited the term o’clock when telling time. What does 7:00 look like? How about 8:00? Our 6th Grade buddies helped us complete our o’clock worksheets.
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| Conner adds the finishing touches to his Lion. |
Social Studies: We have finally gotten underway on our Family Trees. The children are enjoying the process of building their family tree. I have returned original photos after making copies of the originals so they can use them in their project.
ELA: We are continuing to read Dr. Seuss books. This week we read The Lorax and discussed the ways that the “Oncelers” were not taking care of the land. They shared ways that they would take care of our world.
Science: With the coming of spring we will be focusing on weather. This week we were introduced to the saying “March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb.” We made lion pictures using craft materials and discussed ways in which early March weather can be like a lion. As the month progresses we will make connections to weather that is like a lamb. With the coming of spring we will be planting seeds, flying kites and even watching some indoor bulbs grow.
Mrs. White and I are planning a Winter hike at her property. We will focus on maple sugaring. If anyone has an old tap or two that we could borrow so we can tap a tree in anticipation of our trip. Further let us know if you would like to come on our trip as a chaperone. We do not have a date yet, but it will be the week of March 18th.
Share: This week the children shared items with the sound /w/. We saw a cute whale, work machines and a wrecker, We were also introduced to a character called “Water man” and many shares of dolls with the names that begin with /W/. Next week share sound will be /h/.
Warming Time: Mrs. White and I attended an early childhood/kindergarten conference last month. At the conference we were introduced to the concept of “warming time.” It is a “tea time” which involves serving a mint tea or other herbal tea to the children. The tea would be poured from a teapot and be served with something light like animal crackers. The tea would be served at a luke warm temperature after it has cooled off somewhat. Let me know if you have any concerns. I have some extra mugs, but probably not enough for everyone. If you have some mugs you would like to donate even if just for the rest of the year, and then I can return, let me know. The purpose of the “warming time” is to help foster community, build responsibility (as they will help serve each other, and offer an opportunity to settle in and settle down in a calming and relaxing way). Thank you!
CALENDAR:
- No School: Tuesday, March 12, due to teacher professional development
- After School Program Survey: Attached is a copy of the online link to the After School Program Principal from our Principal, Gary Wright. You can find it online in the school-wide newsletter. If you do not have computer access, you may complete the attached survey and send it in. I will turn it into the office. Thank you for taking the time to help provide input.
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| Computer Command: "Hey Dude look what I found!" |
- Group Snack: Thank you to Tylor’s family for contributing this week’s healthy snack! We enjoyed tasty blueberry and chocolate muffins, lemonade, pretzels, pudding, animal crackers, Cheddar Cheese Goldfish and delicious Granny Smith apple slices. Thank you Tylor’s family! Kerridwyn’s family will be providing next week’s snack. Thank you!
Weekly Replay:
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| Lucia curls her lion's mane. |
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| I care for fish. (Tate) |
Special Note: Please remind your Kindees to keep their special toys, stuffies and dolls at home. We enjoyed them this week, but it has become a bit of a distraction during the day. Many thanks!
Sincerely,
Jennifer Bodnar
