Week 11 - October 21-25, 2013

Hello,

Week 11. Wow! We are getting pretty close to Christmas. Next week we will already begin practicing the nativity for the Christmas pageant as this will take a time for the kids to prepare for.

This week in lessons:

Monday:
Motor skills - writing the letter Kk. The vocabulary I use with the students for big K is "top, bottom, top, in to middle, a little up, down and out." For small k I say "top, bottom, middle, in, a little up, bottom and out." So far this is working.
Phonics - The letter Aa. Listen and look for the letter in a short story.
Language Arts - Talk to the students about people and remind them that there are grown ups and kids. Tell them that there are grown up animals and kid animals. Read "Moo moo, Brown Cow" and help the students see the name for the grown up animal and then the kid animal.
Dance class - cancelled this week, review of past material.
Math - fewer, more, the same

Tuesday:
Motor skill: big K
Phonics - show students how to write Aa. Vocabulary for big A "top, bottom out, top, bottom out, middle, across. Small a "middle, down, middle, around." Introduce the sound for short 'a' and have them listen for the sound in 'ant, alligator, apple and anteater." Practice writing.
Language Arts - Read "moo moo brown cow" again and have students identify the animal on each page and after reading the page, have the students identify the baby animal.
Math - continue with few, more and the same.
Library
Social Studies - practice the national anthem or Taiwan and talk about its mean and why it is important

Wednesday:
Motor Skill: small k
Phonics - listen for the short 'a' sound in 'ant, alligator, ax' as well as hear that there is no 'a' sound in bee, fish or pumpkin.
Language Arts: give names to the homes where animals live
Christian Living
Art - from Ms. Chen

Thursday:
Motor skill - big and small Kk
Phonics - listen for the short 'a' sound in 'ant, alligator, ax' as well as hear that there is no 'a' sound in fork, cup, ball
Science - talk about the things that plants need to grow: water, sun (food), soil (home).
Math - more, fewer, the same
Story time - Read "Bang! Boom! Roar!" and talk about their favourite part. Draw a picture to show the favourite part of the story.

Friday: 
Motor Skills - do clay activities to make the letter Kk
Phonics - do a craft activity to show "Aa is for alligator"
Science - plant seeds to watch them grow.
Math - more, fewer, the same
HALLOWEEN FASHION SHOW! - for the fashion show, remember that all the parents are invited to come see. The show starts at 2pm. You are welcome to come help the children get dressed starting at 1:30pm I think I said.

HOMEWORK !!! 
pg 25 - Things. Identify the thing and animal in each picture. Say "Which one is the animal? Which one is the thing?" Cross out the animal and have them circle the thing. Have them draw a picture of their favourite animal, and you can write for them what it is.


 See you soon! Ali