28 mars - 1 avril

Our "BIG IDEAS" this week in French class:

*Printemps: spring

*Sight Words: J'aime (I like) , un & une (a)

*Letter Zz: pronounced /zehd/ - sounds like zed. Action: move you finger in a zig zag in the air

*Symmetry

*Surveys and Bar Graphing: ask a question, gather your information (survey), graph your findings

*Literacy: SK's - sound blending and stretching out words JK's - letter/sound recognition and copying

*Story Sequencing/Story Retelling

Learning through play this week:

• ART: painting flowers with plastic water bottles

• SMALL WORLD: farm play in the sensory bin

• STEM: can you create a cheese tower

• SPATIAL AWARENESS: Mr. Potato Head

• LITERACY & MATH: which fruit do you prefer? (surveys and bar graphing)

• DRAMATIC PLAY: collaboratively creating ENCANTO!

Science Experiment with

Mrs. Risa!

Egg experiment

What happens to an egg when it is put in vinegar? The dragon flies are documenting the changes that happen in an egg when it is contained in vinegar for a week. We have noticed that the egg has got a lot bigger during the week. The white egg is starting to be clear. We will have to wait until monday to see the final result!

21-25 mars

Our "BIG IDEAS" this week in French class:

*Printemps: spring

*Sight Words: J'aime (I like) , mon & ma (mine)

*Letter Jj: pronounced /zhee/ - similar to jhee . Action: pretend to juggle balls in the air

* Symmetry

*Literacy: SK's - sound blending and stretching out words JK's - letter/sound recognition and copying

*Story Sequencing/Story Retelling

Learning through play this week:

• ART: making puppets and houses

• SMALL WORLD: puzzle city with cars and small community members

• STEM: train set

• SENSORY: water play with dixie cups and plastic gems

• MATH: using miras for symmetry

• LITERACY: write the room (The Three Little Pigs)

• DRAMATIC PLAY: collaboratively creating ENCANTO! (work in progress as we create the different elements)

Each retelling increases the children's familiarity with the story and offers more opportunities for their participation during the experience. These retellings also help children build frameworks, characters, and vocabulary to use when they create their own stories. Young children enjoy and learn from a story told.

Something is symmetrical when it is the same on both sides. A shape has symmetry if a central dividing line (a mirror line) can be drawn on it, to show that both sides of the shape are exactly the same.

07-11 mars

Our "BIG IDEAS" this week in French class:

*Kindness - la gentillesse, I like - "J'aime"

*Sight Words: J'aime (I like) , mon & ma (mine)

*Letter Jj: pronounced /zhee/ - similar to jhee . Action: pretend to juggle balls in the air

* Symmetry

Learning through play this week:

• ART: make a turtle or pig using modeling clay (great for fine motor strength)

• SMALL WORLD: puzzle city with cars and small community members

• MATH: measurement with weight, comparing heavier and lighter objects

• MATH: using miras for symmetry

• LITERACY: make your own story

• DRAMATIC PLAY: Les Trois Petits Cochons (The 3 Little Pigs)

CLICK HERE to listen to the song for the letter Jj

28 février - 4 mars

Our "BIG IDEAS" this week in French class:

*Kindness - la gentillesse, I like - "J'aime"

*Sight Words: J'aime (I like) , mon & ma (mine)

*Letter Bb: pronounced /beh/ - similar to 'bay'. Action: pretend to swing a baseball bat to hit a ball

* Measurement: weight (poids) and capacity (capacité)

Learning through play this week:

• ART: watercolour pig art and making pig and wolf crowns

• FINE MOTOR CONTROL: miniature game of curling (we learned some of the rules of curling and got to play the game)

• FINE MOTOR & STEM: making snowball jumpers using balloons, styrofoam cups and pompoms

• MATH: measurement

  1. Sensory Bin: experimenting with capacity using different containers to measure with

  2. Weight: using scales to see what objects are heavier (plus lourd) and which are lighter (léger)

• LITERACY: Je remplis un seau quand je..... & La gentillese... (writing about what kindness looks like)

• DRAMATIC PLAY: Les Trois Petits Cochons (The 3 Little Pigs)

Our Dragonflies were given a capacity challenge. Out of the 3 cups below, which would I choose if I was very thirsty?

We know that we wouldn't choose the red cup because it is the smallest. We discovered that even though the green cup is taller it doesn't hold as much water as the red one because the red one is wider. The red cup holds the most water! Rouge contient plus l'eau!

We then recorded our observations in our journals.

The letter Bb is pronounced /beh/ - similar to 'bay'. Our action is to pretend to swing a baseball bat to hit a ball like you're playing baseball!

Click on the image below to hear the letter Bb song.