Graduation

Week of: May 29-May 31
Theme: Graduation
Spanish Learning Goal: Clothing
Academic Learning Goal: Review letters U-Z

Books:
Animalia 
Summertime Waltz 
Oh The Places You'll Go 
Last Day Blues 
Got to Dance 


Ariann's Project: My 2012 Book of Favorites (T, W)

Justine's Project: Summer Wonders and summer pictures (T, W), Watermelon Days and watermelons (TH)

Portfolios!

After waiting for the entire school year the kiddos portfolios were finally complete for the school year! This morning they got to spend time looking through them, and remembering all their hard work from the year. It was an exciting time!

Rainforest (week 2)

Week of: May 21-25
Theme: Rainforest
Social Learning Goal: Negotiates conflict
Spanish Learning Goal: Clothing
Academic Learning Goal: Review letters P-T

Books:
A Walk in the Rainforest 
Welcome to the Greenhouse 
Animalia 
La Rompa 
Score one for the Sloths 
I dreamed I was a Toucan 


Activities:
Weekend talk
Rainforest memory
Hangman
Word freeze dance
Bingo
Monkey see/monkey do
Story retelling: The Umbrella
Syllable activity

Ariann's Project: The Bird, The Money, and the Snake and thumbprint monkeys (M, T, W), Rainsticks (TH, F)

Justine's Project: The Parrot Tico Tango and Parrots (M, T, W), Sloths (F)
Kashay's Project: Anacondas (M, T, W)

Rainforest (week 1)

Week of: May 14-18
Theme: Rainforest
Social Learning Goal: Demonstrates give/take interactions and negotiating conflict
Spanish Learning Goal: Clothing
Academic Learning Goal: Review letters K-O

Books:
The Rainforest Grew All Around 
Over in the Jungle 
Animalia 
The Frog with the Big Mouth 
The Greedy Python 
Papagayno: Mischeif Maker 
We're Roaming in the Rainforest 


Activities:
Memory
Alphabet sort
Freeze dance
Hangman
Down in the jungle (song/movement activity)

Ariann's Project: Red-eyed tree frog (M, W, F)

Justine's Project: The Great Kapok Tree and rainforest layers craft (M, W), Canopy Crossing and handprint monkey craft (TH, F)
Amelia's Project: Toucans

Mount Jumbo!

Yesterday Porter Hammitt took us to Mount Jumbo for a morning of outdoor discovery and exploration! The kiddos had a blast, and we enjoyed a very beautiful hike on a gorgeous day!