Thursday, May 23, 2013
Friday May 17, 2013
The students
have been enjoying the experience of having some pets in our class. This week we learnt about where bugs live,
what they eat, and the difference between insects and non insects. Next week we will start learning about the
life cycles of silkworms and butterflies and hopefully our silkworms will stay
alive because many have become sick.
Thank you
for the quick responses to the silkworm farm in mid June. Since our class is now at 17 there is not a
lot of extra room on the bus. However,
parents are more than welcome to drive out to Mioali and I know that some have
already made arrangements to carpool there.
Please
remember that next Tuesday is the elementary art show in the library. The Pre-K’s will have 5 different art pieces
on display along with the many others from the rest of the school. It will run all day so please drop by and see
all of the beautiful art works that everyone has completed throughout the year.
What we
did in our centres this week.
Literacy
Centres
1.
Computer story “The Ant and the Chrysalis”
2.
Pocket chart sequencing stories
3.
Phonics puzzle games
4.
Phonics the letter Z
Math/Science
Centres
1.
Addition board games
2.
Fishing adding game and wooden puzzles
3.
Spring time adding books #2
4.
Cut and paste insect activities
Word of
the week: with
Student
of the week
The student of the week
is Rikuto. He has only been with us for a few weeks but he has settled in and it feels like he has been here since August. Rikuto is always trying his best and during music and dance class he tries very hard. Amazing job Rikuto, keep up the great work!
Reminders
and Notices
- May
27th Teacher Development Day (no school)
- May
29th Art Exhibition
- June
6th and 7th Matilda Show
- June
12th Dragon Boat festival (no school)
- June
17th School Assembly
- June
19th Last day of School (half day)
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
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Friday May 17, 2013
Our insect
unit is in full swing and we have some new critters in our classroom to help
the students learn first hand knowledge about them. Please come by and say hello to our newest
Pre-K pets. For the next two weeks we
will be learning about caterpillars and life cycles. In math we are still studying basic addition
and next week we will start learning about estimation.
For the May
homework please try to stay on schedule.
Therefore, today is the end of week one.
The reason is that I have not taught some of the concepts yet in latter
weeks (syllables).
Lastly I
want to give a big thank you to all of the students in the Pre-K class. This was Rikuto’s first full week and I saw
everyone help him in one way or another.
Every student cared and helped him adjust to HIS and I am very proud to
see such leadership and responsibility within the class. This makes Ms. Vicky and me very proud!
What we
did in our centres this week.
Literacy
Centres
1.
Computer story “Ace Lacewing Bug Detective”
2.
Pocket chart sequencing stories
3.
Phonics puzzle games
4.
Phonics the letter Y
Math/Science
Centres
1.
Addition board games
2.
Fishing adding game and wooden puzzles
3.
Spring time adding books
4.
Cut and paste insect activities
Word of
the week: he, she
Student
of the week
The student of the week
is Joshua. Ms. Welz picked him for how
he is during library. She says that he
is very well behaved and is very good at using the book markers. Also, he was helping Rikuto learn about the
library. Super job Joshua!!!
Reminders
and Notices
- May
27th Teacher Development Day (no school)
- May
29th Art Exhibition
- June
6th and 7th Matilda Show
- June
12th Dragon Boat festival (no school)
- June
17th School Assembly
- June
19th Last day of School (half day)
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
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Friday May 10, 2013
We just
finished our Community Helpers unit and yesterdays visit to the fire station
was a perfect ending. It was great to
see many parents join us on this field trip as everyone had a lot of fun.
Our last
unit of the school year will be about insects.
We will be investigating different types of insects, body parts and life
cycles. At the end of the unit we will
be visiting a silkworm farm in Miaoli.
More details will be sent home shortly.
We have another
student joining the Pre-K team, Rikuto Takahara. He is originally from Japan but was previously in Korea
This Friday
I will send out the rest of the word rings to the remaining students and I
would like to thank Mr. Ying (Winston’s dad) for taking the video of the
students singing their community helper song last week.
What we
did in our centres this week.
Literacy
Centres
1.
Computer story “I got two Dogs” Starfall -
Nursery Rhyme player
2.
Mothers Day Books
3.
Sand boards word wall practice
4.
Phonics the letter X
Math/Science
Centres
1.
Matching community helper game
2.
Fishing adding game and wooden puzzles
3.
Sand scales and water addition game
4.
Market role playing
Word of
the week: of
Student
of the week
The student of the week
is Rachel. Mr. Burt picked her because
she has been participating a lot during P.E and is very energetic when playing
games. He also said that she always
tries very hard and is a good winner and loser.
Super job Rachel!!!
Reminders
and Notices
- May
12th Mothers Day
- May
27th Teacher Development Day (no school)
- May
29th Art Exhibition
- June
6th and 7th Matilda Show
- June
12th Dragon Boat festival (no school)
- June
17th School Assembly
- June
19th Last day of School (half day)
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
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