Human Body (wk 2)

Week of: November 7-11
Theme: Human Body
Social Learning Goal: Sharing and helping others
Spanish Learning Goal: Colores
Academic Learning Goal: # 1-15 recognition, letter T/t, AB/ABC Patterning

Books:
The Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body 
Bones 
Stretch 


Activities:
Friend to friend
T Detectives and T poem
Making Healthy Choices
Memory
Sound and smell jars
T tongue twister
Feels like/smells like guessing game
Meditation

Ariann's Project: The skeletal system and q-tip skeletons (M, T, F), Reading group (W)

Julie's Project: Fake snot/what is snot? (M,T,W), yoga (F)
AJ's Project: Body comparisions to nature book (M, T, W), Heathy food vs junk food sorting (F)

Greenough Outing

This morning we took a nice long (and slightly chilly) field trip to Greenough Park with Porter Hammitt. It was such a blast! We had a great time exploring the park using our different senses, our powers of observation, and exercising our bodies! What fun!

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)