Welcome back after the May holiday! I hope you all enjoyed your time– whether at home or away! Even as the school year is waning down, we just keep on learning new things. Here is what we learned this week.
We learned two new blends– cl and cr. We learned a lot of new vocabulary using these blends and the kids drew some excellent illustrations for our vocabulary cards.
Math was focused around time for the majority of the week. We learned that the clock repeats every 12 hours and that the first time it repeats is called am and the second time it repeats is called pm. The kids chose certain times of day, both in the "am" and "pm," that were important to them to draw and write about. We then made our own analog clocks and are learning to tell time to the hour. We are practicing reading both analog and digital clocks.
We read two folk tales this week. The first was a Chinese folk tale called Tikki Tikki Tembo– the kids loved Tikki’s long name and you might catch your child saying it (it is pretty catchy). So if you hear about Tikki Tikki Tembo– No Sa Rembo– Chari Bari Ruchi– Pip Peri Pembo, ask about what happened to him and his brother and how they showed compassion. The second folk tale we read was from India called One Grain of Rice. Ask your child how Rami (the girl) was clever in teaching the king a les-son.
As we learned about "am" and "pm," the kids also learned why we have day and night. Using a flashlight and a globe the kids were able to see that one side of the Earth is lit up while the other side is dark, and since the Earth rotates, each side experiences "day" and "night" in a 24 hour period. We then made a bulletin board to display this understanding showing Earth’s day and night in relation to the sun.
We planted sunflower seeds this week. The kids have been making a book and tracking their growth each day this week. When the seedlings are big enough we will transplant them into the pots we have ready.
We modeled the basic phases of the moon this week using Oreo cookies. We modeled a full moon, a half moon, a crescent moon, and a new moon.
Reminders:
If you haven’t already, please return your child’s portfolio along with your parent reflec-tion from your child’s student-led conference. Thank you to the par-ents who have already done so.
Also, if you haven’t al-ready done so, please remember to send pic-tures of your kids at (what they consider) important times in their lives.
We learned two new blends– cl and cr. We learned a lot of new vocabulary using these blends and the kids drew some excellent illustrations for our vocabulary cards.
Math was focused around time for the majority of the week. We learned that the clock repeats every 12 hours and that the first time it repeats is called am and the second time it repeats is called pm. The kids chose certain times of day, both in the "am" and "pm," that were important to them to draw and write about. We then made our own analog clocks and are learning to tell time to the hour. We are practicing reading both analog and digital clocks.
We read two folk tales this week. The first was a Chinese folk tale called Tikki Tikki Tembo– the kids loved Tikki’s long name and you might catch your child saying it (it is pretty catchy). So if you hear about Tikki Tikki Tembo– No Sa Rembo– Chari Bari Ruchi– Pip Peri Pembo, ask about what happened to him and his brother and how they showed compassion. The second folk tale we read was from India called One Grain of Rice. Ask your child how Rami (the girl) was clever in teaching the king a les-son.
As we learned about "am" and "pm," the kids also learned why we have day and night. Using a flashlight and a globe the kids were able to see that one side of the Earth is lit up while the other side is dark, and since the Earth rotates, each side experiences "day" and "night" in a 24 hour period. We then made a bulletin board to display this understanding showing Earth’s day and night in relation to the sun.
We planted sunflower seeds this week. The kids have been making a book and tracking their growth each day this week. When the seedlings are big enough we will transplant them into the pots we have ready.
We modeled the basic phases of the moon this week using Oreo cookies. We modeled a full moon, a half moon, a crescent moon, and a new moon.
Reminders:
If you haven’t already, please return your child’s portfolio along with your parent reflec-tion from your child’s student-led conference. Thank you to the par-ents who have already done so.
Also, if you haven’t al-ready done so, please remember to send pic-tures of your kids at (what they consider) important times in their lives.