Merry Christmas!!

I’m going to update now 🙂

We had a work day Monday along with cultural (Geography).

I want to thank those parents who brought food and who also came.  Doing the Holiday Feast is always an annual favorite, so thank you!

Slippers:

During our International Festival Wednesday a child wasn’t wearing slippers and a toothpick went through their foot.  He had to go to the hospital to have it removed.  On Tuesday, our fire drill alarm went off early.  Luckily, our kids were outside, but those who were inside who were not wearing slippers had to evacuate in their socks.

After the new year, I will be looking for slippers, as slippers are a part of dress code.  If your child needs a new pair of slippers, use the break to get your child some.

Friday (12/19)

We will be watching Arthur’s Christmas.  They may bring pillows and blankets.  We will visit Junior High at 10:30am-11am

Have a great Holiday and a Happy New Year!  I will see you all in 2015!

Cheers!

Ms. K

Hi Everyone!

Class Holiday Feast:

This Tuesday is our class feast. I forgot to edit the one sign up in the last post. Our feast is the 16th from noon-1. Please sign up to help bring food in last week’s post. If you are wanting to attend to eat with your child, please sign up for attendance too. Our feast will take place in the South Kiva. If you are btinging food and attending, please come at 11:30 so we can set up.

International Festival and Afternion Crafting!

International Fesival starts Wendesday! Upper El goes first (Wednesday) in the morning.   Wednesday afternoon I plan on having an afternoon of holiday crafts. If you would like to volunteer please email our room mother, Jaida. The kids got excited when I told them about the crafts.

Thursday, we will have a regular morning. Thursday afternoon will be our International Festival from 1-2:30.

Friday we will watch Arthur’s Christmas and also visit the Junior High’s International Festival from 10:30-11.

in group lessons this week:

Level 1s: endpoints, skip counting by 2s, 5s, 10s (practice with them!)

Level 2s: geo board angles, pictographing

Level 3s: rounding review to nearest 10s and 100s place, how to divide on paper, not with materials (practice with them!)

in cultural: Zoology/Physiology

Level 1s: all about Amphibians

Level 2s: The eye and the ear

Level 3s: Annelids intro, earthworms, and leeches

Friday: studio, simple machines: catapults, Level 3 earthworm pillows

Have a good week! Hope to see many of you this week!

Cheers!

Ms. K

Welcome December!

It comes and goes very quickly.  Here are some things coming up!

International Festival Update:

The dates have been switched for International Festival.  UPPER EL will go December 17th and LOWER EL will go Thursday the 18th from 1-2:30.  Families and the community are welcome to attend these days!  Junior High will also be celebrating with their activities on the 19th.  We will be touring the Junior High from 10:30-11:00.

Projects ARE DUE Thursday the 18th.  It is best if they are done on a tri-fold board (like a science fair cardboard board).  I told the kids to have a nice attractive board so people will be drawn to it.  I mentioned to them that a lot of words on their board are not very helpful, so images are a great way to make the board attention-getting.  A little bit of information under each of the pictures will help explain what the image is about.  Notecards or a print off of information of what they want to talk about it more helpful than to have it all over their board.  Students will need to practice so when people visit their project they know what to talk about.  Bringing food, music, and souvenirs are very helpful as decor.

Holiday Feast!

Our holiday feast will take place Tuesday December 16th from noon until around 1pm.  We need your participation for this wonderful annual event!  Food sign ups are now available and so is the sign up for if you are coming.  Students look forward to you coming! Please see the sign ups below!  Our room mother, Jaida Ryan, will be helping me with this

Food Sign up!

Attendance sign up!

IXL

Students are LOVING IXL.  We do a little in the classroom, but it is primarily to be done at home.  Please let me know if you need your child’s login and password.  They should be spending most of the week on it for around 20 minutes.

Volunteer Opportunity!

I would like the students to have a little holiday craft time.  I think making different types of ornaments such as the cinnamon ones and the salt dough ones would be really fun.  Wednesday the 17th would be a great time.  It’s the start of the International Festival, but I believe Upper El is going the morning 9-11.  Ornament making can start at start after lunch around 12:45.  Any other craft ideas are welcome too!  Jada, if you want to ask to see who wants to help on this day that would be fantastic!

Here are this week’s group lessons:

Level 1s: Lines, Hundreds board test, Skip counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, days from a calendar with beads

Level 2s: Interior and exterior angles, word problem cards

Level 3s: Rounding to the nearest 10s and 100s place.  Triangle review I.

In cultural: History

Level 1s: Body clock (learning minute and hour hands), paper plate clocks, Analog clocks, Salvador Dali melting clock art project

Level 2s: Birth of the Solar System, The Sun

Level 3s: The Devonian, Carboniferous, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian Periods

Have a great week!

Cheers!

Ms. K