Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Games & Sportsmanship

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This week our theme was ‘Games & Sportsmanship’.  The focus of our week was on taking turns, sharing, participating and being a good sport.  Many of our games incorporated academic skills such as counting, colors, shapes, matching, etc…  To finish our week the second grade classes came in to play games with us!  Our letter for the week was Gg and we reviewed the numbers 4 & 5.

Next week our theme will be ‘Dinosaurs’.  We will be making dinosaur masks and dotted dinosaurs.  The children will also watercolor a dinosaur made out of paper plates, work as a team to color a giant dinosaur and participate in centers to learn about sorting, graphing and patterning. We will focus on the letter Dd and the numbers 6 & 7.

 Reminders & Updates:                      
       *Tubing at the Perkinstown Winter Sports Area on Jan. 18th
has been canceled due to poor weather conditions.
*No School: Jan 25th (Inservice)
*Movie Theater Fieldtrip: Wednesday, Jan. 30th OR Thursday, Jan. 31st.  Your child will need to bring $3.00 for snack (popcorn & soda) due by Jan. 23rd or 24th.
*Report cards will be sent home later this month.  It would be beneficial to your child if you took time to practice any of the skills they still struggle with.
*Valentine’s Day Party: Feb. 13th OR Feb. 14th.
*No School: Friday, Feb. 15th
           *Early Release Day: Feb. 19th.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Snowmen & Snow


This week our theme was ‘Snowmen & Snow’.  The children made snowmen & snowflakes.  We worked together with a partner to create a page for our classroom book called We Made A Snowman!  We also worked on patterning, counting, 1:1 correspondence (touching & counting each object) and numerical order.  Our letter for the week was Ss and we reviewed the numbers 2 & 3.

Next week our theme will be ‘Games & Sportsmanship’.  The focus of our week will be on taking turns, sharing, staying focused/involved and being a good sport.  It would be a great idea to play games at home with your child and practice these skills as well.  Many of our games also incorporate academic skills such as counting, colors, matching, etc… To finish our week the second grade classes will come in to play games with us!  Our letter for the week will be Gg and we will review the numbers 4 & 5.

 Reminders & Updates:                                    
*FBI Tubing Event: Please return your permission slip if you plan to join us for tubing at the Perkinstown Winter Sports Area on Friday, Jan. 18th.
*No School: Friday, Jan 25th (Inservice)