News

Volume 13

April 26, 2021

Hello Parents,

Well, Agnes and Otto, our classroom Monsters finally moved into their new home in our classroom!  We’ve all had fun exploring the house they built and having some classroom adventures!

Don’t forget:  our Parent’s Meeting this month is on Tuesday April 24th 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 19, 2021

THEME:  Spring:  colors and plants

COLOR: blue

Vocabulary word:  soil

Language / Literacy

30 minutes

Frog on a Log?  by Kes Gray and Jim Field

Here is a fun rhyming book.

Frog does NOT want to sit on a log!

https://video.link/w/sa6nc           

The Best Nest by P.D. Eastman

Mrs. Bird thinks her nest is no good.

She looks for a new one.

What will she find? 

    https://video.link/w/2x6nc 

Art / Writing

45 minutes

Let’s paint a rainbow and learn about colors!                                                                               

                                       Get your paints, a paintbrush, paper, and a cup of water.                                                          

                                                                                            Click on the link to paint with Teacher Laura!

                              

               https://vimeo.com/540244460

 

WRITING THE LETTER B:  Practice making the straight part and the curvy part of the letter B

Make lots of straight lines on your paper, like grass!

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

Now practice making a curvy part and connect it to the straight line.  B  B  B  B  B  B  B

Practice writing these words that start with B –

bark   barn   bed   book   ball  bat  

Problem Solving

15 minutes

LET’S COUNT THINGS IN YOUR HOUSE!     

  1. How many chairs are in your house?  (look in all the rooms!)
  2. How many forks are in the kitchen?
  3. How many things that are BLUE can you find in your house?
  4. How many trees can you see out the window? YOU’RE A SUPER COUNTER!

 

Social Emotional

SHARE SHARE SHARE SHARE!

If you have something you really like it might be hard to share it.

Talk with an adult about why it’s good to share.

How do you feel when someone shares with you?

Sing along, or maybe do the “share” dance with this video!

                                  https://video.link/w/ml7nc

Movement / Play

EXERCISE, RHYME AND FREEZE WITH JACK HARTMAN!

https://video.link/w/WhLnc