This week, we focused on the story of The Gingerbread Man. On Monday, we read an original version of the story. We also learned the song “5 Gingerbread Men” and acted it out with props. Children made their own gingerbread men in the art center using felt cut-outs and decorating them with googly eyes, Pom-Pom’s, …
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November 18 – 22
On Monday, we started working on our Thanksgiving writing/drawing project. Students got to choose from 3 writing prompts about Thanksgiving: what they are thankful for, their favorite thanksgiving tradition, or what they would make if they cooked thanksgiving dinner. We will put the finished products together into a Thanksgiving book. We also practiced our sign …
November 12 – 15
This week, we started talking about what it means to be thankful. On Tuesday, we came to school late, but we had plenty of time to play outside in the snow! Some students also answered the question, “What are you thankful for?” Their answers were added to our thankfulness turkey. On Wednesday, we read a …
November 4 – 7
This week, we learned more about community helpers, specifically postal workers. On Monday, we read “A Letter for Amy,” a story written by Ezra Jack Keats about a little boy who tries to send a birthday invitation to his friend, but runs into some problems along the way. The students also helped me set up …
October 28 – 31
This week was all about Halloween! On Monday, we used squares, circles, rectangles, and triangles to create our own shape monsters! Once the masterpieces were complete, students counted how many of each shape they had used. We also learned the chant, “Five Little Pumpkins” in spoken English and in sign language! When we went outside, …
October 21 – 23
This week was short, but it was jam-packed with fun! On Monday, we started learning about firefighters and other emergency responders by reading “Emergency” by Gail Gibbons. We talked about different kinds of emergencies, the number to call in an emergency, and all of the different community helpers that respond to emergencies. On Tuesday, we …
October 15 – 18
This week, we started out with a forest classroom day! The students made their own fort out of big sticks, found more than one salamander (among other creatures), and started drawing and dictating their nature observations in our new nature observation journals! At the end of our time in the forest, we went on a …
October 7-11
This week, we learned about the ways that animals prepare for cold weather during the fall. On Monday, we read “Time to Sleep,” a story about animals that hibernate. We also learned a new song about hibernation called “Shh! They’re Sleeping” which we sang throughout the week. It was a very rainy day on Monday, …
September 30 – October 4
This week, we learned about fall’s tastiest fruit: apples! On Monday, we cut open an apple and talked about each of it’s parts: the skin, the flesh, the stem, the seeds, the core, and the star-shaped seed pod. The students decided that our apple’s seed pod looked more like a flower than a star. We …
September 23-27
This week, we started learning about Fall! On Monday, we read a non-fiction book called “When Autumn Comes” and talked about the changes that the season brings. Outside, the students helped me set up our new rain-collection barrel which will allow us to have a water source for our mud kitchen! A couple of students …
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