This week in Nature/Science we will read In the Rain Forest Canopy and Lets Find Rainforest Animals: Up, Down, Around. We will watch a IMAX movie called Tropical Rainforest. We'll make jungle vines, create a poem together, make a Blue Morpho Butterfly, and draw pictures of our favorite animals that live in the Rainforest canopy. Our work on the Rainforest will not be sent home this week. We are creating a special pocket book to hold all of our work that will be sent home at the end of the unit.
In Social Studies we'll read Washington in Pictures and learn about our nation's capital. We will read abut George Washington and how the city was built and named after him.
We will read The Five Senses as we continue to explore our sense of touch. We'll all go on a texture walk and practice labeling the things that we touch. We will create textured pathways and patterns on the table and practice finger tracing across a variety of textures. We're planning to combine a variety of textured materials to create free-form sculptures. We will also practice matching textured pieces of fabric with our eyes open, and then with our eyes blindfolded using only our sense of touch (Montessori exercise).
In Phonics we will review and trace letters A-S. We'll also practice Kumon Mazes. The children are practicing their letters on their little chalkboards, and are also spending time each day writing and drawing on the big chalkboard. We will play "Let's Go Hunting" and "Toss and Tell" with the items from the Explode the Code wall chart that represent A-S. Last week the children had fun matching picture stamps witht the same beginning sounds. We will continue to practice with stamps this week.
In Math we will make a #10 book, review the numbers 1-2o, and work with patterns in our Math books.
In Bible we will read about God's promise to Noah and create a rainbow/dove with yarn. We'lll also introduce the Fruit of the Spirit: Joy and think about how Noah and the animals must have felt as they emerged from the ark.
In Gardening the children will plant strawberries into our garden. The lettuce, peas, and brocolli are really growing in our garden, and theres is a purple hyacinth in bloom. The children have become very good at pulling weeds, and we will work on that this week.
This Thursday, March 11 is Grandparents Day. Dr. Flint is planning to speak from 2:00-2:30. The grandparents will join us in our class at 2:30 and the children will sing the Texas songs that we have learned and recite "The Swing" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Refreshments will be provided. Please let us know how many grandparents are planning to join us.
