This week we continued to learn about life on the farm and how machines help farmers. Students enjoyed listening to the story "Otis" this week. In Music class on Monday, we started to practice our holiday performance songs and it is just too cute!
Skills that we have worked on this week include:
Week thirteen was all about life on the farm! We explored animals, things that come from a farm, and connected our previous Pumpkin unit to help students understand where many food items come from. We started practicing our songs for the Holiday Show next month (date/time coming soon!) in Music Class this week. Some of the skills we worked on this past week include:
Week twelve was full of lots of learning and excitement with the Harvest Hike. our week was packed with math, literacy, and science skills. We explored pumpkins and used the pumpkins that were sent in for comparing and ordering from biggest to smallest. We used our senses to learn about and describe all parts of the pumpkin, letting students get their hands on the insides. We predicted whether they would sink or float using a prediction chart and tested our predictions. Other skills we learned/worked on this week include:
We just ended our Eric Carle Author Study. Student's have loved exploring the life and works of author/illustrator Eric Carle! Next week, we will begin our week long unit study all about pumpkins. Last week we focused on the following skills:
Students have enjoyed learning about author/illustrator Eric Carle this week. We will continue to learn about Eric Carle next week. We will begin our unit on pumpkins the following week. We ended the week with an apple taste test where students used their senses to explore and describe different types of apples. Some of the skills we worked on this week include:
This week, we started to work on rhyming skills by listening to, sequencing, acting out, and creating an alternate ending to classic Nursery Rhymes. Students enjoyed "Hey Diddle, Diddle" and "Humpty Dumpty". We will continue to explore more Nursery Rhymes next week. Students created a page in their Nursery Rhyme Book that they will take home at the end of our unit. Other skills we focused on this week include:
We have continued to work on rhyming skills by listening to, sequencing, acting out, and creating an alternate ending to classic Nursery Rhymes. Students enjoyed "Hey Diddle, Diddle" and acted out the nursery rhyme in groups. Students loved finding their pets in the "Whose Pet?" book. We later created a graph of our pets using the pet pictures. We will continue to explore more Nursery Rhymes next week. Other skills we focused on this week include:
We ended our shoe theme with a Shoe Store this week in Dramatic Play. Students LOVED trying on and pretending to buy shoes. Next week, we will start our "Rhyme Time" nursery rhyme theme.
Some of the skills we worked on this week:
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