The children will be planting carrot seeds into our vegetable garden. We will also be picking flowers from the garden and pressing them to put in our Nature Journals.
The children will be decorating their pumpkins that they picked out from the field trip to Greeen's Produce. We will also be sequencing and coloring the Life Cycle of the Pumpkin for our Nature Journal.
Our Fall Festival will be this Saturday, October 29 from 11:00 to 2:00. Our class will help sponsor the Bounce House/Slide and Grab Bag booth. (We hope to see everyone on Saturday).
Our Fall Party is scheduled for Monday, October 31st. The children may dress up in Nursery Rhyme costumes. Please be sure to send a change of clothes for afternoon recess. We will be playing lots of fun games and activities. Please remember to bring the items that you signed up for in the hallway. We will be having our Fall Party with Mrs. Camp's class.
Please be sure to turn in $16 for the Bounce House/Slide and Grab Bag booth items by this Wednesday, October 26th (House/Slide and Grab Bag Booth. We hope to see everyone on Saturday.
October 17-20
In Nature Study/Science we will be observing and sketching different kinds of gourds. We will also talk about the shapes and colors of the gourds. The children will sketch and color the gourds and pumpkins with colored pencils for their Nature Journals.
We will begin reading and narrating about mummies in The Story of the World. The children will paint a drawing of King Tutankhamun's body being mummified.
Our Fall Party is Monday, October 31st. The children may dress up as their favorite Nursery Rhyme/storybook character. Please send a change of clothes. There will be a sign up sheet in the hall for our party.
If you were not able to go to the Barnes and Noble you can still purchase a child's matted artwork for $5.00.
We will begin reading and narrating about mummies in The Story of the World. The children will paint a drawing of King Tutankhamun's body being mummified.
Our Fall Party is Monday, October 31st. The children may dress up as their favorite Nursery Rhyme/storybook character. Please send a change of clothes. There will be a sign up sheet in the hall for our party.
If you were not able to go to the Barnes and Noble you can still purchase a child's matted artwork for $5.00.
October 11-13
This Thursday, October 13th we will be visiting the Pumpkin Maze next door at Green's Plants and Produce. Please bring $2.00 by Wednesday to purchase a pumpkin to decorate. We will also observe all of the different kinds of pumpkins and gourds that they are selling.
In Bible we will read what Noah's Ark was really like. The children will learn that the Ark was six times longer than it was wide. We will read how the Ark was the most stable floating platform ever built. We will finish reading and narrating The Story of Noah's Ark by Tom Dooley. This week we will read about how Noah sent a raven and a dove out and the dove was the only bird that came back. We will learn that the dove came back with an olive leaf the second time and how that was a good sign.
We will be talking about how every sentence should begin with a capital letter and that a period should be placed after every complete statement. Some of the children will be writing statements telling where the sun rises and sets.
In Bible we will read what Noah's Ark was really like. The children will learn that the Ark was six times longer than it was wide. We will read how the Ark was the most stable floating platform ever built. We will finish reading and narrating The Story of Noah's Ark by Tom Dooley. This week we will read about how Noah sent a raven and a dove out and the dove was the only bird that came back. We will learn that the dove came back with an olive leaf the second time and how that was a good sign.
We will be talking about how every sentence should begin with a capital letter and that a period should be placed after every complete statement. Some of the children will be writing statements telling where the sun rises and sets.
October 3-6
If you were not able to attend Open House be sure to look in the hallway and read all of the planet facts and clay nameplates the children created.
We will begin learning about the earth this week and will read On Earth by Brian Karas. The children will also practice learning the names of the planets in order.
The children will be planting broccoli seeds in our garden. They have enjoyed observing the big zuchhini that we have grown from the zucchini plant. It will continue to bloom and produce more zucchini.
This week we will be learning about the Spearmint plant that we will be planting in the herb garden. The children will watercolor this herb to put into their Nature Journals. This herb was used by the Egyptians in Egypt.
We will finish learning about the long "a" silent e and begin learning words that have the long "i" sound as in dive. We will also talk about Compound Words and how we take two seperate words and combine them into one word. (Ex. lady & bug= ladybug)
We will begin learning about the earth this week and will read On Earth by Brian Karas. The children will also practice learning the names of the planets in order.
The children will be planting broccoli seeds in our garden. They have enjoyed observing the big zuchhini that we have grown from the zucchini plant. It will continue to bloom and produce more zucchini.
This week we will be learning about the Spearmint plant that we will be planting in the herb garden. The children will watercolor this herb to put into their Nature Journals. This herb was used by the Egyptians in Egypt.
We will finish learning about the long "a" silent e and begin learning words that have the long "i" sound as in dive. We will also talk about Compound Words and how we take two seperate words and combine them into one word. (Ex. lady & bug= ladybug)
September 26-29
This week we will be talking about statements and how it is a sentence that tells or states something.
In Music we will be practicing rhythms with sticks and dance with shakers to Amarain" by Amr Diab. The children will be listening to the beat of this Egyptian song.
The children will be planting beet seeds in our garden. We will also collect and observe Coneflower seed pods.
In Social Studies we will be learning about how the Egyptian girls and boys were taught to read and write. The children in Egypt read advice on how to succeed and live a moral life from the Book of Instruction. There were no textbooks. The children will learn how to make Berry Ink. The ancient Egyptians used bright colored minerals to make ink, but we will use blackberries to make our homemade ink.
Please keep a change of clothes in yur child's backpack in case of a spill or accident.
In Music we will be practicing rhythms with sticks and dance with shakers to Amarain" by Amr Diab. The children will be listening to the beat of this Egyptian song.
The children will be planting beet seeds in our garden. We will also collect and observe Coneflower seed pods.
In Social Studies we will be learning about how the Egyptian girls and boys were taught to read and write. The children in Egypt read advice on how to succeed and live a moral life from the Book of Instruction. There were no textbooks. The children will learn how to make Berry Ink. The ancient Egyptians used bright colored minerals to make ink, but we will use blackberries to make our homemade ink.
Please keep a change of clothes in yur child's backpack in case of a spill or accident.
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