Dear families,
We've had another busy week in Room 166. This past week we learned about the quarter and this week we will learn about the loonie. The children enjoyed playing Ice Cream Store and the prices of the cones have gone up from under ten cents to between 10 and 25 cents in order to help them learn to count their coins. The kids have a lot of fun playing in our Pizza Restaurant, writing up the bill, counting money, using our cash register, and so on.
In Science we are continuing our unit on Insects and have almost finished learning about Ladybugs. Next is ants! The children had fun making a booklet called "Where is Ladybug?" which had them read location words such as "on, over, beside, under, above and below." We also read several books about Ladybugs, from science books about their life cycle, to Eric Carle's wonderful classic "The Grouchy Ladybug," about sharing and cooperating. We also made dragonfly art and a dragonfly key chain which the children really enjoyed. We tied our ladybug theme into beginning and end sounds by the children taking turns placing dots on our giant ladybug's two wings, depending on whether they heard a beginning or ending sound. We also used our scale to weigh pennies.
A special thank you to Quentin's mom who donated items for our Insect unit, and to Charlie's mom who gave each of the morning class a dime. Thank you as well to Dana's mom who read some fun poetry to the children and who gave each child a copy of the Ice Cream Store poem. Thank you! Thank you Cameron's mom and Logan's mom who did the white bags and Snuggle Books. Your time in the classroom is very much appreciated!
Our sounds this past week have been Ww and Yy, and next we are on to Xx.
It's so hard to believe we are now in June! I am busy preparing for the SK Graduation on June 26 and of course your children's report cards. In the interests of space and chairs, the SK graduation ceremony is open for SK parents.
I hope you have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Tyndall
