Human Body (wk 1)

Announcement: On Wednesday, November 2nd we are heading to Greenough Park for an adventure lead by Porter Hammitt. This will be a great field trip, and it will be nice to get outside, get some exercise and explore our bodies in the outdoors! We will be gone from 9:30-11:30. Pleased dress your child for our adventure!!

Week of: October 31- November 4
Theme: Human Body
Social Learning Goal: Taking turns
Spanish Learning Goal: Colores
Academic Learning Goal: Phone numbers, letter C/c, letter E/e

Book:
Mis Colores 
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses 
My Trip to the Hospital 


Activities:
Human Body-- what we KNOW
Memory
Body alphabet
Carrot vs Celery words
Body rockin' music
E tongue twister and E poem
Scent jars

Ariann's Project: What do our organs do? Human bodies!

Julie's Project: Meditation (M, T, F), matching with the five senses (Th)
AJ's Project: Body food art (M,T) Body books (F)

Halloween!

What a fun Halloween celebration this morning! Such great costumes, SO much fun! Thanks for all the parents who came along and trick-or-treated with us! Enjoy some pictures from our party, as well as some cute shots from outside time this week! 

Our Halloween party is this Friday from 10:15-11:15! Please bring your child in their costume for neighborhood trick-or-treating and a halloween party at school!

Week of: October 24-28
Theme: Halloween
Social Learning Goal: Taking turns
Spanish Learning Goal: Manner words
Academic Learning Goal: Phone numbers, letter H/h, letter E/e

Books:
A Woggle of Witches
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever 
Arthur's Halloween 

 Activities:
Group Halloween story
Spider web
Rhyming web
H detectives
Spook-e-Doo
Lima bean math
Halloween memory

Ariann's Project: Pumpkin patch prints and handprint ghosts (M, T), Funnybones and skeletons (W), tissue paper pumpkins (Th)

Julie's Project: Patters/counting (M, T, W)
AJ's Project: Trick-or-Treat bag decorating (M,T, W)

Authors

Week of: October 17-21
Theme: Authors
Social Learning Goal: Sharing with others
Spanish Learning Goal: Manner words
Academic Learning Goal: Letter M/m and A/a, #1-10 recognition, Begenning sounds of M and A, AB/ABC Patterns

Books:
We are in a Book 
The Going to Bed Book 
Jumanji 
Lady Lupins Book of Etiquette 
Mothergoose Rhymes 
Over the Rainbow 
A Giraffe and a Half 
Golidlocks and the Three Bears 
Pinkalicious 


Activities:
Book chart
Vowel song
Erase the number
Erase the sound
Mystery bag

Ariann's Project: Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse and Leo Lionni inspired project (M, T, F), Reading group (W), We are Authors (TH)

Julie's Project: Group storybook (M, T, W) and Eric Carle inspired books
AJ's Project: Roosters off to See the World (M, T, W), Papa, Please Get me the Moon and moon project (F)