Teacher: Laura Martin, Winter Volume 12
Hello Parents,
We’ve had a lot of fun in class this week exploring the many signs of spring! Next week we will continue looking at things that grow.
Don’t forget: Our Parent’s Meeting this month is on Tuesday April 27th at 4:00. I hope you can join us as we dialogue with a guest from Seattle Public Library.
Happy learning!
Teacher Laura
WEEK: April 12, 2021
THEME: Signs of Spring
LETTER: S
SHAPE: Circle
COLOR: orange
VOCABULARY WORD: rhythm
Language / Literacy
30 minutes
Rabbit loves carrots! His whole house is full of carrots and he has no place to sleep! TOO MANY CARROTS by Katy Hudson
A firefly shines his light because he is lonely. Will he find a friend?
THE VERY LONELY FIREFLY by Eric Carle
Art / Writing
Problem Solving
30 minutes
YOU WILL NEED:
- Cardboard (or flattened
paper grocery bag)
- Dice
- Paper for cards
- Marker
- Hot wheels car or other
small toy
- Draw squares with numbers on the track. Start with number one and fill the whole track with numbered squares.
- Make five small cards. Write “add” on four of them. Write “subtract” on one of them. Place these cards face down on the table.
- Players take turns rolling the die then drawing a card. If the card says “add”, and you rolled a 5, then your car moves ahead 5 squares. If the card says “subtract, then you move back 5 squares.
- Who can get to the end? Have fun counting!
Social Emotional
15 minutes
WAITING IS NOT EASY by Mo Willems
Do you ever have to wait for something you really want?
Elephant does NOT want to wait for his surprise in this story:
