Hello Families!
Are you cold enough yet? We are feeling like we are in the Arctic, so what a better time than to talk about how penguins and other animals survive the extreme cold.
We will have fun learning about these funny looking birds that don't fly, but waddle!
Here is a Peek of the Week:
Monday - We will be introduced to penguins by reading and discussing the facts about Arctic animals.
Tuesday- We will make penguins with their bellies full of krill.( fish food)
Wednesday- We will make an Arctic dessert! (Ice blue Jell-o and swedish fish.)
Thursday- We will do an experiment with ice water and how blubber keeps the penguin warm.
Friday- We will be making some adorable Penguin puppets.
Here is some of our vocabulary words for this week: penguin, waddle, krill, slide, Arctic, blubber, chick, insulation, beak, huddle.
Please have your child bring in anything that pertains to the theme, or anything that is black and white.
Show and Tell Days
Tuesday- Henry and Sadie
Wednesday- Allie G. and Deyon
Thursday- Levi and Ally M.
Monday and Friday will be the days we start to practice our reading skills.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Winter Sports and Ice
Happy New Year dear families!
I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful winter break and made lots of new memories with your child.
We are off to a new year and new possibilities and growth.
We continue to embrace Minnesota winters and look for ways to stay active despite the cold weather. Does your family have a favorite activity during these winter months? Please talk to your child and have them come to school with a story they can share.
If your child enjoys a winter sport, maybe they can draw a picture of that and bring it in to talk about.
Here is a Peek of the Week:
Monday- Teacher Work Day
Tuesday- We will pretend to go on mini vacations and pack some suitcases, one for the warm temperatures, and the other for a colder climate. We will discuss what activities we can do for each climate.
Wednesday- We will look at an assortment of different winter sport equipment and talk about how to use them. ( If your child ice skates, or plays hockey, goes sledding, etc. this would be a great time to bring in an object to share.)
Thursday- We will have a special guest come in and talk to the group about ice hockey.
Friday- We will have fun learning how to glide and dance on our special ice skates!
Here is some of the vocabulary- ice castle, ice fishing house, ice fishing, ice rink, slide, toboggan, snow tubing, chairlift, downhill skiing, to glide, cross country skiing, bobsled, snow shoes, thin/thick ice, figure skates, ice auger, ice sculptures, figure skating, ice hockey, snowboarding, skis, snow hikers.
Show and Tell
Please have your child bring in something that pertains to the theme.
This can be either photos of him/her participating in a winter sport/activity, a book about a winter sport, or an object.
Show and Tell Days
Tuesday for this week- Henry/Sadie
Wednesday- Allie G./Deyon
Thursday- Levi/Ally M.
I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful winter break and made lots of new memories with your child.
We are off to a new year and new possibilities and growth.
We continue to embrace Minnesota winters and look for ways to stay active despite the cold weather. Does your family have a favorite activity during these winter months? Please talk to your child and have them come to school with a story they can share.
If your child enjoys a winter sport, maybe they can draw a picture of that and bring it in to talk about.
Here is a Peek of the Week:
Monday- Teacher Work Day
Tuesday- We will pretend to go on mini vacations and pack some suitcases, one for the warm temperatures, and the other for a colder climate. We will discuss what activities we can do for each climate.
Wednesday- We will look at an assortment of different winter sport equipment and talk about how to use them. ( If your child ice skates, or plays hockey, goes sledding, etc. this would be a great time to bring in an object to share.)
Thursday- We will have a special guest come in and talk to the group about ice hockey.
Friday- We will have fun learning how to glide and dance on our special ice skates!
Here is some of the vocabulary- ice castle, ice fishing house, ice fishing, ice rink, slide, toboggan, snow tubing, chairlift, downhill skiing, to glide, cross country skiing, bobsled, snow shoes, thin/thick ice, figure skates, ice auger, ice sculptures, figure skating, ice hockey, snowboarding, skis, snow hikers.
Show and Tell
Please have your child bring in something that pertains to the theme.
This can be either photos of him/her participating in a winter sport/activity, a book about a winter sport, or an object.
Show and Tell Days
Tuesday for this week- Henry/Sadie
Wednesday- Allie G./Deyon
Thursday- Levi/Ally M.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Happy Holidays! Let it Snow!
Dear Families,
Well this is it! The holidays are here and the countdown begins! I know that the children are all excited, and their little spirits are bursting with joy!
We had fun with the baking theme, and revisiting the story of the Gingerbread Man. Ask your child to tell it to you in their own words.
This will be a short week, and so we will focus on holiday activities.
I want to take this opportunity to wish each and everyone, a blessed holiday season.
May you travel safely to visit friends and family, and may every moment spent with those you love create special memories to last throughout the years to come!
Here is a Peek of the Week:
Monday- We will have fun finishing up on a surprise!
We will also read the original Frosty the Snowman story.
Tuesday- We will create some fesitve stockings
Decorate the room for the holiday. Hang the stockings, and put up lights.
Wednesday- A surprise visit at 9:00 AM!!!
If your child wants to bring in a favorite item for the holidays,( a book, an ornament, a special game, a globe etc.) this would be fun to share.
Monday- Henry/ Sadie
Tuesday- Allie G. /Deyon
Wednesday- Levi / Ally M.
Vocabulary- mistletoe, Santa's sack, delivery, glistening, chop, chimney, frosty, downstairs, carry, holly berries, Christmas lights, Christmas bells, upstairs, icicle,
snow bank
Well this is it! The holidays are here and the countdown begins! I know that the children are all excited, and their little spirits are bursting with joy!
We had fun with the baking theme, and revisiting the story of the Gingerbread Man. Ask your child to tell it to you in their own words.
This will be a short week, and so we will focus on holiday activities.
I want to take this opportunity to wish each and everyone, a blessed holiday season.
May you travel safely to visit friends and family, and may every moment spent with those you love create special memories to last throughout the years to come!
Here is a Peek of the Week:
Monday- We will have fun finishing up on a surprise!
We will also read the original Frosty the Snowman story.
Tuesday- We will create some fesitve stockings
Decorate the room for the holiday. Hang the stockings, and put up lights.
Wednesday- A surprise visit at 9:00 AM!!!
If your child wants to bring in a favorite item for the holidays,( a book, an ornament, a special game, a globe etc.) this would be fun to share.
Monday- Henry/ Sadie
Tuesday- Allie G. /Deyon
Wednesday- Levi / Ally M.
Vocabulary- mistletoe, Santa's sack, delivery, glistening, chop, chimney, frosty, downstairs, carry, holly berries, Christmas lights, Christmas bells, upstairs, icicle,
snow bank
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Baking, decorating, and making memories
Dear Families,
Tis' the season for making memories, and filling the home with laughter, and good foods!
Whatever you do for the holidays, children are sure to be excited and want to share in the festivities.
We will be using our culinary skills to make tasty items for the bake sale, and using our creativity to make some sweet gingerbread houses.
I hope you all will enjoy the holiday preparations with your children.
Here is a Peek of the Week:
Monday- We will be making some tasty treats to sell in the bake sale
.
Tuesday- Join us for the creating of Gingerbread Houses!
Wednesday- We will learn about another culture from one of our parents as we explore the customs in Nigeria. (Obi's Mom).
Thursday- We will make some delicious cheesecakes to share with our friends.
Friday- A surprise in the making!
For Show and Tell:
We will be exploring baking so have your child bring in any kind of utensil from the kitchen to share.
Monday- Henry/Sadie
Tuesday- Allie G. /Deyon
Wednesday- Levi/ Ally M.
Vocabulary will include some of these words: chef, spatula, rolling pin, bake, apron, baker, decorate, frosting, stir, melt, sweets, Nigeria, globe, surprise, present, Christmas tree,ornament, garland, sale, purchase,
Tis' the season for making memories, and filling the home with laughter, and good foods!
Whatever you do for the holidays, children are sure to be excited and want to share in the festivities.
We will be using our culinary skills to make tasty items for the bake sale, and using our creativity to make some sweet gingerbread houses.
I hope you all will enjoy the holiday preparations with your children.
Here is a Peek of the Week:
Monday- We will be making some tasty treats to sell in the bake sale
.
Tuesday- Join us for the creating of Gingerbread Houses!
Wednesday- We will learn about another culture from one of our parents as we explore the customs in Nigeria. (Obi's Mom).
Thursday- We will make some delicious cheesecakes to share with our friends.
Friday- A surprise in the making!
For Show and Tell:
We will be exploring baking so have your child bring in any kind of utensil from the kitchen to share.
Monday- Henry/Sadie
Tuesday- Allie G. /Deyon
Wednesday- Levi/ Ally M.
Vocabulary will include some of these words: chef, spatula, rolling pin, bake, apron, baker, decorate, frosting, stir, melt, sweets, Nigeria, globe, surprise, present, Christmas tree,ornament, garland, sale, purchase,
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving!
Dear Families,
As we wrap up our Fall with giving thanks, I just wanted to express my gratitude to all of you for entrusting your precious child in my care. I enjoy spending my days with each one of the children and marvel at their perseverance as they strive to better their spoken language. Their joy and laughter bless me.
This will be a short week, as we prepare for our feast on Tuesday.
May your family truly enjoy your Thanksgiving Day as you gather around the table with your loved ones. We have so much to be thankful for!
Here is a short Peek at the Week
Monday- We will be making the delicious Pumpkin pies for the feast! Your child might come home tinted orange today!
Tuesday- We will be getting ready for the feast as we prepare all the trimmings and setting the tables for our guests! We look forward to seeing you all here! Today will be a half day.
Happy Thanksgiving!! Enjoy the long break! Safe travels wherever you go!
As we wrap up our Fall with giving thanks, I just wanted to express my gratitude to all of you for entrusting your precious child in my care. I enjoy spending my days with each one of the children and marvel at their perseverance as they strive to better their spoken language. Their joy and laughter bless me.
This will be a short week, as we prepare for our feast on Tuesday.
May your family truly enjoy your Thanksgiving Day as you gather around the table with your loved ones. We have so much to be thankful for!
Here is a short Peek at the Week
Monday- We will be making the delicious Pumpkin pies for the feast! Your child might come home tinted orange today!
Tuesday- We will be getting ready for the feast as we prepare all the trimmings and setting the tables for our guests! We look forward to seeing you all here! Today will be a half day.
Happy Thanksgiving!! Enjoy the long break! Safe travels wherever you go!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Let's Give Thanks!
Dear Families,
We all had so much fun learning all about the farm, role playing farmers and seeing real chickens in our school! Our culmination was making a delicious Farm breakfast! Ask your child about how they milked a cow!
After all that, we move into our Thanksgiving week. We will be exploring the reason why we celebrate the holiday as well as having some hands on experience making some tasty creations!
Here is a Peek of the Week
Monday- Read the Thanksgiving story and discuss.
Tuesday- Role play grocery shopping for a feast.
Wednesday- Make Pumpkin Pudding
Thursday- Bake bread and make homemade butter
Friday- Make stick puppets of Pilgrims
Show and Tell
Discuss at home things your child can be thankful for.
Please bring in a food item that they can share with their friends. Healthy foods please. ( a box of raisins, a piece of fruit, to be share with 2 other students in the group.) Bring in any books about Thanksgiving.
Monday- Henry and Sadie
Tuesday- Allie G. and Deyon
Wednesday- Levi and Ally M.
We all had so much fun learning all about the farm, role playing farmers and seeing real chickens in our school! Our culmination was making a delicious Farm breakfast! Ask your child about how they milked a cow!
After all that, we move into our Thanksgiving week. We will be exploring the reason why we celebrate the holiday as well as having some hands on experience making some tasty creations!
Here is a Peek of the Week
Monday- Read the Thanksgiving story and discuss.
Tuesday- Role play grocery shopping for a feast.
Wednesday- Make Pumpkin Pudding
Thursday- Bake bread and make homemade butter
Friday- Make stick puppets of Pilgrims
Show and Tell
Discuss at home things your child can be thankful for.
Please bring in a food item that they can share with their friends. Healthy foods please. ( a box of raisins, a piece of fruit, to be share with 2 other students in the group.) Bring in any books about Thanksgiving.
Monday- Henry and Sadie
Tuesday- Allie G. and Deyon
Wednesday- Levi and Ally M.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Down on the Farm!
Howdy Families!
Hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween!
The children really enjoyed the party and so did the staff!
Thanks to all of you for working so hard to make it a fun filled day!
It is hard to believe that we say goodbye to another month and enter into November. As Thanksgiving is close at hand, we are going to explore where some of our food comes from and look at a variety of animals on the farm.
Perhaps, you grew up on a farm, and would be a great wealth of information to our students.
Here is a Peek of the Week
Monday- No school! Teacher Work Day
Tuesday- Read a book about the Farm and act out the role of the farmer.
Wednesday- We will create our own farm!
Thursday- We will make some mud pudding!
Friday- We will have fun milking a cow!
Vocabulary for this week includes these words: farm, plow, fence,pond, garden, silo,tools, haystack,tractor,pig pen,pasture,overalls,chicken coop,farmer,hay bale, sheep, goats,rooster, udders,stall, fertilize, manure
Show and Tell
Please have your child bring in a farm animal, tractor, or book about the farm.
Tuesday- Henry and Sadie
Wednesday- Allie G. and Deyon
Thursday- Levi and Ally M.
Syntax targets for Deyon, Levi and Sadie- if, would, past tense( jumped, crowed, pecked, worked, played) conjunctions: but, until prepositions: under, between, behind, near, by, through.
Syntax targets for Henry, Allie G. and Ally M.- if, might Conjunctions:when,unless
May I? Why? questions Indirect discourse Mom told me.
Farm Week 2
Dear Families,
We will continue to have fun down on the Farm!
The children love learning about the animals and some of the chores that a farmer needs to do to keep a farm running.
Here is a Peek of the Week
Monday-We will make a feathered friend!
Tuesday- We will create some muddy buddies! We will paint a pig!
Wednesday- We will squeeze some fresh orange juice for our farm breakfast on Friday.
Thursday- We have the opportunity to have a real farmer bring in chickens and learn all about the different chickens. We will collect their eggs for our farm breakfast.
Friday- Yum! We will make a farm breakfast of fresh farm eggs and bacon!
For Show and Tell
Please continue to bring in anything that relates to our theme.
Vocabulary- udders, stall, manure, pitch fork, fertilize, crops, farmer, sheep, rooster, lamb, piglet, duckling, chick, foal, calf
Syntax: Levi, Sadie & Deyon*** We will continue to review the syntax targets from last week as well as added new targets: until, before/after, near, by, besides, past tense, irregular past tense( ate, laid, flew) comparatives, longest, shortest, tallest, smallest, most, least, sequencing
Henry, Ally,& Allie*** if/ might, may, unless, comparatives, longest, smallest, shortest, tallest, most, several, least, only if, sequencing
Hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween!
The children really enjoyed the party and so did the staff!
Thanks to all of you for working so hard to make it a fun filled day!
It is hard to believe that we say goodbye to another month and enter into November. As Thanksgiving is close at hand, we are going to explore where some of our food comes from and look at a variety of animals on the farm.
Perhaps, you grew up on a farm, and would be a great wealth of information to our students.
Here is a Peek of the Week
Monday- No school! Teacher Work Day
Tuesday- Read a book about the Farm and act out the role of the farmer.
Wednesday- We will create our own farm!
Thursday- We will make some mud pudding!
Friday- We will have fun milking a cow!
Vocabulary for this week includes these words: farm, plow, fence,pond, garden, silo,tools, haystack,tractor,pig pen,pasture,overalls,chicken coop,farmer,hay bale, sheep, goats,rooster, udders,stall, fertilize, manure
Show and Tell
Please have your child bring in a farm animal, tractor, or book about the farm.
Tuesday- Henry and Sadie
Wednesday- Allie G. and Deyon
Thursday- Levi and Ally M.
Syntax targets for Deyon, Levi and Sadie- if, would, past tense( jumped, crowed, pecked, worked, played) conjunctions: but, until prepositions: under, between, behind, near, by, through.
Syntax targets for Henry, Allie G. and Ally M.- if, might Conjunctions:when,unless
May I? Why? questions Indirect discourse Mom told me.
Farm Week 2
Dear Families,
We will continue to have fun down on the Farm!
The children love learning about the animals and some of the chores that a farmer needs to do to keep a farm running.
Here is a Peek of the Week
Monday-We will make a feathered friend!
Tuesday- We will create some muddy buddies! We will paint a pig!
Wednesday- We will squeeze some fresh orange juice for our farm breakfast on Friday.
Thursday- We have the opportunity to have a real farmer bring in chickens and learn all about the different chickens. We will collect their eggs for our farm breakfast.
Friday- Yum! We will make a farm breakfast of fresh farm eggs and bacon!
For Show and Tell
Please continue to bring in anything that relates to our theme.
Vocabulary- udders, stall, manure, pitch fork, fertilize, crops, farmer, sheep, rooster, lamb, piglet, duckling, chick, foal, calf
Syntax: Levi, Sadie & Deyon*** We will continue to review the syntax targets from last week as well as added new targets: until, before/after, near, by, besides, past tense, irregular past tense( ate, laid, flew) comparatives, longest, shortest, tallest, smallest, most, least, sequencing
Henry, Ally,& Allie*** if/ might, may, unless, comparatives, longest, smallest, shortest, tallest, most, several, least, only if, sequencing
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