Happy Chinese New Year!!

This is very short, with our holidays beginning on Wednesday. All day Monday will be spent rehearsing and making sure the costumes fit. Tuesday morning we will be doing different activities with the school, that I'm sure the kids will love. In the afternoon we have the concert that will start at 2. Please have your child come to school with a white long sleeve shirt on under their uniform.

I hope you all have a good and relaxing week off, and we'll see you back at school the following Wednesday.

Happy New Year!

Week 22 - January 22, 2013

Hello,

The kids are doing a great job preparing their dance for Chinese New Year. They are doing a great job and are looking forward to you coming to see. We have been counting down how many days until mommies and daddies come.

This week:

Monday:
Writing - Uu - Like last week the prompts I use for upper case U is "top, down, around, up." For lower case u I say "middle, down, around, up, down."
Phonics - Ll - Students will listen to a poem called Two Little Lambs. They must then go through the poem to find all the upper and lower case l's.
Dance class
Language Arts - What do school workers do? - students will learn what it is that the lunch lady, librarian, custodian, bus driver, teacher and secretary do.
Math - symmetry

Tuesday:
Writing - Upper case U
Phonics - Ll - students will learn to write upper case L and lower case l. My prompts for the upper case is "top, bottom, across." For the lower case I say "top, bottom."Students will identify the l sound in log, ladybug, lizard and leaf.
Language Arts - What do school workers do?
Math - symmetry
Library
Social Studies - How food gets from the farm to the table.

Wednesday:
Writing - lower case u
Phonics - Students will hear the l sound in lion, lemon, lobster, log, leaf and leg. They will also hear that there is no l sound in fish, tiger, peanut, duck, mouse, and bear.
Language Arts - What do neighbourhood workers do? - students will know what police officers, garbage men, mail carriers, fire fighters and dentists do.
Christian Living
Art

Thursday:
Writing - students will learn to write and recognize the sight word under and up
Phonics - Students will identify the l sound in lamp, ladder and lock
Science - Bodies of water - students will know the difference between oceans, lakes and rivers
Math - symmetry
Story Time - Clark the Shark - arts and craft activity

Friday:
Writing - students will learn to write and recognize the sight word us. Review of other sight words
Phonics - Art activity to reinforce learning of Ll
Science - Bodies of water
Math - symmetry
Social Studies - how food gets from the farm to the table
Music

Homework: p. 3 and p. 18 - this page is on the sight word "the." Because the "th" sound doesn't match the first letter, this is a harder word for them to recognize. But they have learned it. Once they have written "the" on all the lines, have them read the sentence. They might not recognize some of the pictures, so please help them. They are drum, trumpet, piano. So they will say "I like the drum." They know how to read "I" and "like."

Have a good week! Ali

Picture Day

I forgot to mention that Friday morning is going to be picture day for K1. The children should come in their uniforms, but please prepare your child however you would like otherwise.

Week 21 - January 13-17, 2014

Hello,

The first week back after the holidays was a good one. We are well on our way into our new subjects and the kids are doing a great job. As I mentioned to those of you who attended parent/teacher interviews, the kids are understanding me really well, and speak to me well, but the next step is to have them talking to each other in English. So if you could all help me by simply encouraging them to use English with their friends. They might say its too hard, but remind them that they talk to me just fine, so they can talk to their friends too. Thanks!

This week:

Monday:
Writing - Tt - I prompt them by saying top, across, middle, down. We will also review sight words "that, there, they, too, this."
Phonics - Uu - they will listen to a short story called Umbrella, then go through the story to find each Uu.
Dance
Language Arts - More action rhymes - "A sailor went to sea sea sea"
Mass Rehearsal

Tuesday:
Mass
Writing - T - sight words that, there, they, too, this
Phonics - Practice writing Uu, and saying the short U sound. Students will listen for the U sound in up, under, and umbrella
Christian living
Math - making patterns with shapes,
Library
Social Studies - resources and what we can make with plants, wood, and what we get from water

Wednesday:
Writing - t - sight words that, there, they, too, this
Phonics - listen for the U sound in up, umpire and under. Recognize that the U sound is not in rainbow and watch.
Language Arts - action rhyme "A sailor went to sea, sea, sea"
Christian Living
Art

Thursday:
Writing - T -  sight words that, there, they, too, this
Phonics - listen for the U sound in umpire, up, under. Practice writing U
Science - what land is made from - sand, soil, rocks
Math - different positions shapes can take, making patterns with shapes
Story time - Clark the Shark

Friday:
Writing - t - sight words that, there, they, too this
Phonics - make a Uu craft
Science - what land is made from - sand, soil, rocks
Math - make a pattern using shapes
Social Studies - resources and what we can get from water, plants and soil
Music

HOMEWORK
pg. 17 and 28 - write the letter Mm for the images that start with the letter M. The top row from left to right are chair, mask, mat. The bottom row from left to right are monkey, tea pot, ball.

January 6-10 Week 20

Happy New Year everyone.

First I want to say welcome to the two new students in our class - Allen and Nison. I'm looking forward to getting to know you and I think we will have lots of fun together.

Today is sports day! I think all the kids will have lots of fun practicing different skills for soccer.

Friday is a half day in order to have parent/teacher interviews. Please write in the communication book a time that suits you best, starting after 1pm. I will do my best to give you the time you request.

Monday
Motor skill - the letter Ss. This one is a little tricky for them so far. I prompt them saying middle of middle, up, around, cross and around.
Phonics - Ww - They must circle the Ww's that they find in a short poem.
Dance Class
Language Arts - action rhymes - "Pat-a-cake"
Math - shapes

Tuesday:
Motor skills - the letter Ss
Phonics - Ww - they must hear the w sound in walrus, well, window and water and practice writing this letter
Language Arts - Pat-a-cake
Math - Shapes
Sports Day!!!

Wednesday:
Motor skills - the letter Ss
Phonics - Ww - They must hear the w sound in the words wind, watermelon, wolf, wallet, web, window, wig, wood and watch
Language Ats - Pat-a-cake and Row row row your boat.
Christian Living
Art

Thursday:
Motor skills - the letter Ss
Phonics - Ww - They must hear the w sound in watch wagon and worm
Science - What our earth is made of.
Math - Shapes
Story Time

Friday:
Motor skills - cutting activity to strengthen fine motor skills
Phonics - Art activity to reinforce the letter W
Science - What our earth is made of
Math - Shapes
Social studies - What are volunteers?
Music

Weekend HOMEWORK - Ww - page 20 from Journeys practice book and pg 30 - have your children draw a picture of what they want to be when they grow up. Please label for me.

Have a great week - Ali