Forests/Trees

Week of: Oct 3-7
Theme: Forests/Trees
Social Learning Goal: Using our manners
Spanish Learning Goal: Alfabeto w-z
Academic Learning Goal: AB Patterns, letter R/r

Books:
Grand Old Tree 
Interrupting 
Tree Poem 
The Mountain Pine Beetle 
Someday a Tree 
Looking Closely Through the Forest 
Are Trees Alive? 

Activities:
R Poem
R mystery bag
Tree movement
AB Patterns (with unifix cubes)

Ariann's Project: Seasons of trees (M,T, F), Reading group (W), Big leaf printing (Th)

Julie's Project: Field study/tree art/video (M, T, W), Walking trees (F)
AJ's Project: Leaf imprints (M,T,W), Pine needle painting (F)

Montana Animals

Week of: September 26- 30
Theme: Montana Animals
Social Learning Goal: Expressing feelings to friends
Spanish Learning Goal: Alfabeto r-v
Academic Learning Goal: Sorting by attributes, letter M/m

Books:
Marimba! 
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs 
Annie and the Wild Animals 
Chica Chica Boom Boom 


Games:
Lunch for a bear
Animal charades
Animals are EVERYWHERE (nature walk)
Hiding in plain sight

Ariann's Project: The Busy Tree and paper owls (M, T, W), animal tracks (Th)

Julie's Project: First impressions (M,T, W), MT animal bingo (Th, F)
AJ's Project: Nature scenes (M, T, W), Tissue paper pigs (Th, F)

Developing Friendships

Week of: September 19-23
Theme: Developing Friendships
Social Learning Goal: Developing new friendships
Spanish Learning Goal: Alfabeto n-q
Academic Learning Goal: Beginning sounds in our name, letter K/k

Looking for dinner conversation? Ask your child what they have learned about being a good friend! Looking forward to this week here at school!

Books:
Two Bobbies 
Interrupting Chicken 
The Little Red Hen 
Horris and Morris but mostly Dolores 
Chesters Way 
Frog and Toad 


Games:
Human clay
Find your friend
Hello my friend!
Scavenger hunt
Musical hugs
Don't topple the tower!

Ariann's Project: The Rainbow Fish (M/T/W), My best friend is... (Th/F)

Julie's Project: We are friends... (M/T/W), friendship letters (Th/F)
AJ's Project: The Giving Tree and making of a friendship tree (M/T/W), friendship quilt (Th/F)

Spanish Wednesdays!

I wanted to explain my Spanish curriculum for the year. I am doing my Spanish lessons on Wednesdays. My circle is focused around Spanish-- we do calendar in Spanish on those days (days of the week, counting in Spanish, etc.) After we do calendar, there is a focused Spanish lesson. I am focusing on one theme for the ENTIRE month. That means we have four focused Spanish lessons a month.

For the month of September I am teaching them the Spanish alfabeto. This is challenging, I understand! The good thing about their alfabeto is that it is almost the same as ours! Only a few additional letters/sounds. That is really helpful! I am using this great CD that has many Spanish songs on it to help teach these concepts.

Spanish Vocabulary:
Days of the week: Domingo (Sunday), Lunes (Monday), Martes (Tuesday), Miercoles (Wednesday), Jueves (Thursday), Viernes (Friday), Sabado (Saturday)

Calendar words: Ayer (yesterday), hoy (today), manana (tomorrow)

Here is the song I am using to teach the alfabeto-- try and play it for our child at home. This will help them learn it!

Alfabeto Song