Dear Parents,
Attached you will find the schedule for conferences for Tuesday and Wednesday next week. If you did not return a sign up sheet, I have assigned a time for you. If you cannot make your time, please call me so that we can reschedule at a more convenient time.
We are hot on the trial of the wintering Monarch Butterflies. They are quickly approaching Indiana as they make their journey northward from Mexico. We spent time this week revisiting a big book we used in the fall and helping our brains remember the important Monarch vocabulary (egg, caterpillar, pupa, butterfly, metamorphosis, change, nectar, proboscis, flower)
During our math time, we learned several new games. We played “Snap” and used our cubes to help show addition problems. The children were each given 4-5 cubes and they stacked them up in a column behind their back. When I said, “snap!”, the children broke their stack in two parts and then had to tell their partner what their addition sentence was (2+3=5). They did very well at this game and for the most part do not realize they are doing addition! ☺ We also played Shake the Beans 4 & 5 this week. Each child is given either 4 or 5 beans, all painted red on one side. They shake the bans and drop them gently on their paper. They then find the math sentence on their Shake the Beans paper that shows the math sentence they see in front of them with their beans.
During our science time, we have been learning more about our tadpoles and the stages in their development. We will be learning more about them in the coming weeks as they grow and change. I also showed the children my “wave bottle”, I made using vegetable oil, water, and food coloring. The oil and water will never mix so they are able to see the water move in waves through the bottle. For extra fun, we added part of an Alka-seltzer tablet to the bottle and watched as it turned into a lava lamp!
It was great to see so many of you during Open House last evening. I hope you got to see the wonderful book fair our PTO set up for us, and that you were able to purchase some books for your child’s collection. Friday is the last day for the book fair.
If there are still any cookie dough orders out there, they need to be returned ASAP!
Kristen Poindexter ☺
Attached you will find the schedule for conferences for Tuesday and Wednesday next week. If you did not return a sign up sheet, I have assigned a time for you. If you cannot make your time, please call me so that we can reschedule at a more convenient time.
We are hot on the trial of the wintering Monarch Butterflies. They are quickly approaching Indiana as they make their journey northward from Mexico. We spent time this week revisiting a big book we used in the fall and helping our brains remember the important Monarch vocabulary (egg, caterpillar, pupa, butterfly, metamorphosis, change, nectar, proboscis, flower)
During our math time, we learned several new games. We played “Snap” and used our cubes to help show addition problems. The children were each given 4-5 cubes and they stacked them up in a column behind their back. When I said, “snap!”, the children broke their stack in two parts and then had to tell their partner what their addition sentence was (2+3=5). They did very well at this game and for the most part do not realize they are doing addition! ☺ We also played Shake the Beans 4 & 5 this week. Each child is given either 4 or 5 beans, all painted red on one side. They shake the bans and drop them gently on their paper. They then find the math sentence on their Shake the Beans paper that shows the math sentence they see in front of them with their beans.
During our science time, we have been learning more about our tadpoles and the stages in their development. We will be learning more about them in the coming weeks as they grow and change. I also showed the children my “wave bottle”, I made using vegetable oil, water, and food coloring. The oil and water will never mix so they are able to see the water move in waves through the bottle. For extra fun, we added part of an Alka-seltzer tablet to the bottle and watched as it turned into a lava lamp!
It was great to see so many of you during Open House last evening. I hope you got to see the wonderful book fair our PTO set up for us, and that you were able to purchase some books for your child’s collection. Friday is the last day for the book fair.
If there are still any cookie dough orders out there, they need to be returned ASAP!
Kristen Poindexter ☺
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