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We started off the week with St. Patricks day measuring. Students saw how many cubes fit in between the dots on St. Patrick's Day themed materials.
In small group, students took turns rolling the dice and using the bingo dotter on the correct number. Students enjoyed the bingo dotters!
We introduced the CD player in the listening center. Students learned how to put the cd in correctly, pick which number they want, push play, and follow along in the books with their reading finger. The book I introduced this with was There was an old Lady who swallowed a Clover. Students really love the There was an Old Lady books!
Students had the chance to rip up various paper and make rainbow. The rainbow was labeled with the color word. Students practiced early literacy skills of sounding out the first letter and thinking of what color makes that sound first. They also used the Color words on the wall to reference. Which one looks like the one on their paper and then what color is that poster. These are great problem solving skills and literacy skills to have! The rainbows look great and will be going on our ceiling soon!Some students had the opportunity to do lucky charms tasting (5 senses). Not all students got to this area as we are having a few troubles with our listening ears and being quiet on carpet/clean up time so that we can get to play time and have enough time to do all the fun play time. I hope to keep helping them work on these important skills of stopping and listening to the teacher when needed so they can be successful in kindergarten.
Our Green Dress up day! Sorry the email /blog came out so late and not all got it, but we had a pretty good turn out! The kids were so cut and we had so much fun!
We also had the chance to have a Leprechan visit our room. I did not intend to make this an activity, but after reading, The Night before St. Patrick's Day
students got very excited to build traps and write letters to the leprechaun Since this gave them an imaginative direction to the block center and a reason to write, I welcomed the idea into the classroom.
All Day on Monday and Tuesday, students spent time writing letters and building traps!
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| Friends making a leprechaun trap! |
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| The Leprechaun tracks up to the empty letter drop box! and a Note! |
On Wednesday, the Leprechaun left us a note:
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| Thank yee for very much for the notes and letters, but I won't tell yee where me treasure is, not yet! But I want to give you a clue to magic you may have never seen.... What colors do you mix to make me favorite color green? |
On Wednesday , students spent the day writing notes to the leprechaun answering his question about colors, and other various things. They continued to build traps.
On Thursday we got a new note! It sent students on a magic treasure hunt with clues (under the teacher chair, under one of the traps, under the discovery table and finally to the treasure: hiding on the top of each of their cubbies! Students were delighted to get the gold!
As always, photos available by email at your request. Additional photos are available for viewing on the website: http://mrsgloudemans.wix.com/stedward4k
Important Notes:
- Field Trip information forms came out last week. Please be sure to send the payment with the slips as CASH. If you have donations, you can send those to school as well and I will bring them all together with us to the trip. A list of needed items came home with the permission slip. If you have any questions/concerns, please feel free to contact me!
- Chaperones are still needed for the trip, especially for our AM trip. Many noted they could volunteer depending on the date. Again, the date is April 24. Bus: 8:45-10:45 and 12:05-2:15.
- Book Orders are due March 22nd (MIDNIGHT). There are some great new collections. Also, if you order online you get a coupon for free books. It also earns points and free books for our classroom as well! Find the link the scholastic section of the website: http://mrsgloudemans.wix.com/stedward4k
- Spring Break is the week of March 25th-29th.
- Reading with the Stars Thursday March 14, 2012! Please RSVP (even if it is a no) so I can get an accurate count. Thank you!
- Dress for the Weather. We go outside Tuesdays and Thursdays. Students need coats, hats, and mittens. If there is snow or even if it is in the 30s I would suggest snowpants and boots for warmth and dryness. St. Edward Extended day families, these students go outside for "long recess" after lunch daily and need to be dressed for it daily. Please come with everything they need to stay warm and have fun!
- Even as Spring approaches, if there is snow we need your child to come in snowpants and winter gear for playing on the playground. If they do not have the proper clothes, they will need to stand on the blacktop with the teachers.
- Lost and Found. Our lost and found is growing. If you are missing something please feel free to check out the box on top of the lockers by our door, or email me and I will take a look for you!
- As always, any questions or concerns please feel free to email me! Have a great weekend!
Next week:
Theme: Spring/Easter
Letter: Xx
AM Snack: McKee Family
PM Snack: Gorges Family (already brought in)
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