Dear families,
Happy weekend!
The words of the week were WOULD and THEY. Thank you to our Mystery Reader this week, Kipling’s mom! The children also enjoyed a visit from author Deborah Kerbel, who wrote the lovely book “Sun Dog.”
In Friday’s mailbag you will find all the children’s learning about insects! We finished this inquiry this week, learning about metamorphosis, hives, bees, beeswax, and honey! The children “made” the cells of a hive using a hexagram block, practiced their symmetry skills by drawing the second half of a butterfly, watched Science Show Kid’s videos on metamorphosis and bees, and watched a “Magic School Bus” episode about bees.
We also read Eric Carle’s lovely book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” practising our retell skills and playing in a Very Hungry Caterpillar centre. The kids also wrote a little book.
This week the children’s sunflowers successfully germinated and sprouted, and the kids brought their egg cups home to plant in your garden or a large pot, in a sunny spot! In our classroom, we also planted a pea from Hope’s snack that had germinated!
Next week we will continue our learning about plants.
I hope you are having a wonderful weekend! Go Raptors!
