Weekly Centres and Playground Fun with our Buddies

Friday January, 18 2012

            I hope everyone had a relaxing holiday.  I have heard through the students that you all had some great adventures and fun over the break.  I want to thank everyone for their understanding and support last week while I was away.  It was the longest I have ever been away from my class and I am very excited to be back.

            This month in literacy and social studies we are investigating zoo animals and to cap it off we will be going to the Hsinchu zoo.  Please keep bringing in those permission forms and money so I can prepare.  For this trip I am asking for one parent volunteer.  If you have time and would like to join us could you please let me know? 

 

I am also planning on a few other field trips throughout the rest of the school year because I believe that there are many learning opportunities to be had outside of the classroom setting.  In math and science this month we are investigating greater than, less than and equal to and various 2D and 3D shapes.

As some of you are aware the Pre-K class has grown this week.  We have two new students, Hatsumi and Nozomi.  If you see them or their parents please welcome them into the Pre-K family.

Happy New Year and stay warm!

What we did in our centres this week.

Literacy Centres

1.      Computer story “Animal: Black and White” and “Animal Camouflage”

2.      Alphabet ordering game

3.      Phonics book the letter “N”

4.      African Animal books

Math Centres

1.      Monkey scales (greater than, less than, equal to)

2.      Making 3D shapes from magnets

3.      Animal tanagrams

4.      Cut and paste one to one correspondence activity

Word of the week:  at

Student of the week

The student of the week is Alyssa. S.  She has been very kind and helpful to the new students in the class.  Alyssa will always go out of her way to help them and make them feel welcome.  We are very proud of you Alyssa and it has made Nozomi and Hatsumi easily adjust to Pre-K. 

Reminders and Notices

1. January 31 Pre-K Hsinchu zoo field trip

2. February 1^st start of semester 2
3. February 1^st School Assembly
4. February 4-8 Chinese Week – Year of the snake (little dragon)
5. February 8 HIS Valentines Day
6. February 25- March 1 International Week

As always, if you have any questions or concern you can always write me an email at bsharp.his@gmail.com or come by and speak to me in person.

Cheers

Vicky and Braedon

Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.  ~Abbé Dimnet, Art of Thinking, 1928