Thursday, March 29, 2018
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Monday, March 19, 2018
Newsletter March 19, 2018
Hi Everyone,
We will be finishing up our study of The Three Little Pigs this week. We will be reading books from the wolf's perspective and one titled The Three Little Wolves and The Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas and Helen Oxenbury. We will be doing a graph of which version of the truth the kids believe the wolf's or the pigs'. Pam from Burnham Library will be joining us on Tuesday at 1:00 for story time.
Our next theme will be Goldilocks and The Three Bears. We will compare and contrast the The Three Little Pigs and Goldilocks and The Three Bears story elements, continue our work on sequencing events, and work on size order for small, medium and large.
I have the privilege of being on the interview committee for the Assistant Principal position for Malletts Bay School. The interviews are on Tuesday and Wednesday this week so I will not be in class on those days. Meghan Mead will be my substitute both days. Tammy will also be out on Tuesday. We have two experienced guest teachers coming in. I am sure that the children will do a great job.
Dates to Remember
Tuesday, March 20, 2018- Pam from Burnham Library
Friday, March 23, 2018- In-service for staff- No School
Have a great week!
Nancy and Tammy
Friday, March 16, 2018
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Monday, March 12, 2018
Newsletter March 12, 2018
Hello!
We started our study of the Three Little Pigs. The kids have been acting it out with flannel boards, building materials in the sensory table and construction materials in the house area. We will be adding props to the block area this week. We have practiced retelling the story using sequencing cards and practicing the vocabulary first/then/next/last. We will continue this study for the next two weeks. Below are the words to the songs we will be singing during this theme.
Dismissal from Circle: I am a Little Pig (rap)
I am a Little Pig
I built a house of sticks
The Wolf blew it down
So now I do a crazy trick
Inside the house of brick. (then call a child to do a trick inside the circle and leave)
The Big Bad Wolf sung to This Old Man
Three Little Pigs
Walking down the street
A big bad wolf they did meet
So they ran home fast
And shut the door tight
No big wolf will get them tonight
Three little pigs
Straw, Sticks and Bricks sung to 3 Blind Mice
Straw, sticks and bricks
Straw, sticks and bricks
The Pigs built their houses
Out of straw, sticks and bricks
The Wolf came by
He blew down the straw
He blew the sticks but the bricks were strong
The Pigs lived happy all the days long
In their house of bricks
Dates to Remember:
Tuesday, March 20, 2018- Pam from Burnham Library will visit at 1:00
Friday, March 23, 2018- School closed for in-service
Have a great week!
Nancy
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Monday, February 19, 2018
Newsletter February 19, 2018
Hi everyone,
We had an amazing visit from Mr. Matt Liptak and his associate Ms. Ariel last Thursday. They showed the children the difference between dry ice and regular ice. The kids sketched the differences. Then he froze a flower and a banana with liquid nitrogen! He used the frozen banana to hammer a nail into a piece of wood.It was so cool! He also showed the children how fog is made by placing dry ice into water. The kids loved it! I heard many of them say they wanted to grow up to be scientists.
We will be wrapping up our study on winter with a week of winter sports and the Olympics. We will go "ice fishing" in the house area and have a "luge" in the block area. Pam will visit from the Burnham Library on Wednesday.
Our next study will be on Fairy Tales. There are so many concepts that can be taught through fairy tales- sequencing events and first/next/last, characters, counting, comparing and contrasting different versions of the same fairy tale and different fairy tales and much more. We will start with the Three Little Pigs after February break.
Dates to Remember:
Wednesday, February 21st- Pam from Burnham Library to visit
Friday, February 23rd- Pajama Day
February 26-March 2nd- February Break
March 5th- Inservice
March 6th- Parent-Teacher Conferences
March 7th- School Reopens
I hope you have agreat week off next week. Enjoy the sunshine and warm temperatures this week. I suspect our playground will be very wet. Please make sure that there are extra clothes in the backpack. Thank you!
Nancy
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