2/3 Week 36

by | Jun 4, 2016 | In The Loop

History & Geography

The week just flew by! We focused on the New England colonies and began learning about the  middle colonies . We learned how religious freedom was  a big motivation  for the establishment of several of the colonies . We also  learned what the first Thanksgiving was like  and compared it to a poem called The First Thanksgiving,  by Nancy Byrd Turner.  We added some information to our lap books, helping us to have a better understanding of the difference between the Puritans and the pilgrims.

20160602_112642_resizedScience

Everyone did very well on their science ecology test. They really seemed to know this material and were able to write about it in the short answer portion of the test.  The class has been working on their research report on ecosystems this week and they had their last day to do research and in class writing on Friday. Their report will be due next Thursday. Any work that they still need to do on these papers should be done at home.
This we we’ve been practicing our songs for the school performance that will take place in a couple of weeks. This class loves to sing and they are quite the hams!

English Spelling

In our journals this week we wrote about Memorial Day weekend and we also wrote what it would have been like to be on the Mayflower. We took a spelling assessment, which is the same list of the one that we took at the beginning and middle part of the year. We did some grammar review this week with quotation marks, and parentheses.

Art

The second and third graders finished their Eric Carle style collage animals in art this week. They added details and backgrounds and habitats for their animals. Great job everyone! Some of the students also had time to work on their still life of the drums which were started a couple weeks ago.

 

Preschool Week 36 News

by | Jun 4, 2016 | Preschool

This week we worked with our camping theme. The kids love this theme! They were really interested in it. I used some camping ideas and activities for teaching the children all about the outdoors and having fun spending the night outside sleeping in tents and walking about the sounds of nature, animals, and more. I taught them about campfires and how be safe with them. We talked about using campfires to stay warm, or using a fire to create light at night, for cooking, and roasting marshmallows.  We also use a campfire for sitting around and singing songs and telling stories for fun, such as (caperucita roja). We did activities with the firefly and marshmallows that I used for our bulletin board. They were very excited, pretending to roast marshmallows in our campfire.

Letters

This week we learned all about la letra Ll. Be sure to point out the letter that we practice when you are reading any Spanish books. This letter is not in the English alphabet.  While the Spanish alphabets the pronunciation is Ll(elle). As example:
lluvia/rain
llave/key
silla/chair
llanta/wheel
llama/llama
We sang songs and did different activities related with the letter Ll, as example; outline the letter, find letter Ll and round it.

Numbers

This week we started working with number 20. We had a fun time playing and using some items  for sorting and counting, as cupcakes number matching. This activity helps kids practice counting and number recognition.
Have a good weekend*:) feliz