Happy Thursday

Morning circle time – we had our special helper of the day adding the date to our calendar, we sang our morning songs, then added one more popcorn to our 100^th Day of school counting.

Snack – JKs were encouraged to eat a healthy snack.

French class – please visit Mme. Jessica’s blog http://mllehousja.blogspot.com/

Recess and Lunch

Language – we reviewed our phonics song for all letters learned so far. Here is the link for our weekly Jolly Phonics songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2rxtgQpd0

This is the song for letter T: https://youtu.be/CZ6L8EmV3gg

The letter of the week is Tt. JKs worked on writing the letter T on their writing with phonics workbook. 

Happy Tuesday !

UOI – today we were introduced to our new unit of inquiry. This is what JKs will inquiry about:

Central Idea: Recognizing patterns helps us interact with our environment.

Lines of Inquiry:

- Different pattern forms.

- How patterns in nature inspire human creativity.

- Understanding how patterns bring a natural order to the world.

Students will work collaboratively to learn different modes of transportation through inquiry based/teacher initiated learning and discussions. They will reflect on the impact of transportation in the world. Students will also reflect on the learned modes of transportation and determine its purpose within the world.

Students will be encouraged to reflect upon the following questions: What kinds of transportation are there? Why do we need transportation? What kinds of transportation can we use to get to other places in the world? What kinds of transportation have been used in the past and will be used in the future? How do children go to school in other parts of the word?

Recess and Lunch/snack

Gym class – please visit Ms. V’s blog https://msvphysed.blogspot.com/

Centers -  today JKs had the opportunity to play dress up. Dress-up engages your child’s brain and memory. Dramatic play requires kids to remember what they’ve seen or heard. It also develops the following: vocabulary building, problem-solving, empathy, emotional development, motor skills, socialization and imagination.

Poem Practice – JKs are working hard at practicing the following when presenting their poem:

-         Projection

-         Pacing

-         Enunciation and Articulation

-         Memorization

-         Body Language

Poetry memorization builds vocabulary and comprehension. As students practice their poem presentation in class they are building presentation skills, which leads to a sense of pride, satisfaction and accomplishment. Keep up with practicing at home as well!  

Also today , we started with our Oral competition. All kids were given a chance to present today. There was a rubric to follow during their presentation. Three students were chosen at the end to compete in the final round on Thursday.

Have a great evening everyone!

TGIF !

Morning circle time – we had our special helper of the day adding the date to our calendar, we sang our morning songs, then added one more popcorn to our 100^th Day of school counting.

Snack – JKs were encouraged to eat a healthy snack.

French class – please visit Mme. Jessica’s blog http://mllehousja.blogspot.com/

Recess and Lunch

Language – we reviewed our phonics song for all letters learned so far. Here is the link for our weekly Jolly Phonics songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2rxtgQpd0

This is the song for letter S: https://youtu.be/CZ6L8EmV3gg

Then we had our Show and Tell presentations for letter S. 

These are the skills JKs develop when they do show and tell:

- stays on topic 

- uses loud and clear voice

- makes eye contact with the audience

- describes the object using full sentence and descriptive words 

This is how you can help your child:

• Help your child select an item and have them explain to you how it fits with the letter(s) of week
• Help your child practice describing the object and explaining why they want to share it with the class.
• Reinforce effective speaking habits, such as looking at the audience and speaking clearly.
• Ask questions about the item so that your child can be ready to answer when friends and teachers have

Happy Thursday !

Snack – JKs were encouraged to eat a healthy snack.

French class – please visit Mme. Jessica’s blog http://mllehousja.blogspot.com/

Recess and Lunch

Language – we reviewed our phonics song for all letters learned so far. Here is the link for our weekly Jolly Phonics songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2rxtgQpd0

This is the song for letter S: https://youtu.be/CZ6L8EmV3gg

Then a group of students presented their Show and Tell and right after we used our workbook “Writing with Phonics” to practiced writing uppercase and lowercase Ss

Happy Wednesday !

Morning circle time – we had our special helper of the day adding the date to our calendar, we sang our morning songs, then added one more popcorn to our 100^th Day of school counting.

Snack – JKs were encouraged to eat a healthy snack.

French class – please visit Mme. Jessica’s blog http://mllehousja.blogspot.com/

Recess and Lunch

Language – we reviewed our phonics song for all letters learned so far. Here is the link for our weekly Jolly Phonics songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2rxtgQpd0

This is the song for letter S: https://youtu.be/CZ6L8EmV3gg

Then we used the bingo daubers to dab all uppercase and lowercase S on our paper.

Math/UOI – We continued with our summative assessment for our Pattern unit. JKs made patterns on a canvas and I hot glued for the items. 

Recess and Lunch/snack

Gym class – please visit Ms. V’s blog https://msvphysed.blogspot.com/

Centers -  today JKs had the opportunity to play dress up. Dress-up engages your child’s brain and memory. Dramatic play requires kids to remember what they’ve seen or heard. It also develops the following: vocabulary building, problem-solving, empathy, emotional development, motor skills, socialization and imagination.

Poem Practice – JKs are working hard at practicing the following when presenting their poem:

-         Projection

-         Pacing

-         Enunciation and Articulation

-         Memorization

-         Body Language

Poetry memorization builds vocabulary and comprehension. As students practice their poem presentation in class they are building presentation skills, which leads to a sense of pride, satisfaction and accomplishment. Keep up with practicing at home as well! :) 

Have a great evening everyone!

Happy Tuesday ! Its Bake Sale Time !

Preparing for our bake-sale 

Summative assessment on Patterns 

Snack – JKs were encouraged to eat a healthy snack.

Jk's also participated in our monthly bake-sale activity with Mr.Conte and his class. Snacks were sold during our lunch and snack time. 

French class – please visit Mme. Jessica’s blog http://mllehousja.blogspot.com/

Recess and Lunch

Language – we reviewed our phonics song for all letters learned so far. Here is the link for our weekly Jolly Phonics songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2rxtgQpd0

This is the song for letter S: https://youtu.be/CZ6L8EmV3gg

Then we had 2 ways of practicing writing the letter of the week, which is Ss. JKs used the dry erase boards and play dough.  

Math/UOI – today we used a variety of nature materials to form AB, ABC and ABB patterns.

Recess and Lunch/snack

Gym class – please visit Ms. V’s blog https://msvphysed.blogspot.com/

Centers -  today JKs had different types of blocks to explore. Blocks are great for developing the following: problem solving, imagination, self expression, mathematics, creativity, science, self –esteem, social and emotional growth.

Poem Practice – JKs are working hard at practicing the following when presenting their poem:

-         Projection

-         Pacing

-         Enunciation and Articulation

-         Memorization

-         Body Language

Poetry memorization builds vocabulary and comprehension. As students practice their poem presentation in class they are building presentation skills, which leads to a sense of pride, satisfaction and accomplishment. Keep up with practicing at home as well! J

Happy Monday !

Snack – JKs were encouraged to eat a healthy snack.

French class – please visit Mme. Jessica’s blog http://mllehousja.blogspot.com/

Recess and Lunch

Language – we reviewed our phonics song for all letters learned so far. Here is the link for our weekly Jolly Phonics songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2rxtgQpd0

This is the song for letter R: https://youtu.be/CZ6L8EmV3gg

Then JKs used the dry erase boards to practice writing uppercase and lowercase Ss

Math- JKs worked on a cutting and pasting activity where they matched real life objects with the 2D shapes.

Today we also talked about hand hygiene and the importance of following hygiene practices for our optimal health. We spoke about how viruses and bacteria can be transported around and how they can affect our body. 

Happy Tuesday

Morning circle time – we had our special helper of the day adding the date to our calendar, we sang our morning songs, then added one more popcorn to our 100^th Day of school counting.

Snack – JKs were encouraged to eat a healthy snack.

French class – please visit Mme. Jessica’s blog http://mllehousja.blogspot.com/

Recess and Lunch

Language – we reviewed our phonics song for all letters learned so far. Here is the link for our weekly Jolly Phonics songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2rxtgQpd0

Happy Monday !

Morning circle time – we had our special helper of the day adding the date to our calendar, we sang our morning songs, then added one more popcorn to our 100^th Day of school counting. Today we also shared something we did over the weekend.

Snack – JKs were encouraged to eat a healthy snack.


Recess and Lunch

Language – we reviewed our phonics song for all letters learned so far. Here is the link for our weekly Jolly Phonics songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2rxtgQpd0

Then we used play dough to form the letter of the week, which is R. Then JKs had some time to use play dough cutters in order to develop their fine motor skills.  

Math/UOI – today we made a  geometric pattern with papers of different colors. We talked about places in nature we find patterns, such as leaves, tree trunk, trees, flowers, acorns, etc…

Math – we reviewed the 2D shapes and then completed an activity where JKs had to count the sides of each shape, cut and paste them in the correct category.