Well it’s official: we’re half way through the term and comfortably into cold and flu season. We had some friends absent this week and that’s OK. If your little one is feeling under the weather, please don’t hesitate to keep them home to rest and recover.
We started the week with an earthquake drill. The whole school practiced sheltering under their desks and our evacuation routes.
In Phonics we looked at the letters T, P, and began the letter A. We got to add two friends to our alphabet posters Ayla and Alex!
In Writer’s Workshop we started using our Sight Words Chart and Colour Words Chart for those friends who want to write some words when they’re illustrating their stories.
In Maths we finished off our Numbers 6-10 unit. We worked with a tens frame and counted out 10 beads to put on a necklace. We used action cards to do a variety actions between 6-10 times. We used a spinner to pick a number and write that number and the numbers that came immediately before and after it. And we finished off the week singing “There Were 10 In The Bed” but there aren’t 10 of us in the class so we were helped by Ms. M and some plushies to act out the song.
In IEYC we’re still discovering dinosaurs! We made a background for all our dino crafts from last week. Then we started learning about museums and treasures and that we often have to dig to find dinosaur bones and fossils. So dig we did! One day we found clay pots and coins and eggs (marbles). The next day we found some dinosaur bones! We examined them closely, cleaned them off, and put them in our treasure box and museum tray. Finally, we used some salt dough to make fossils (imprints of toy dinosaurs) that we will paint next week!
That it for this week. Stay healthy and warm and we’ll see you Monday!
