N E W S & L E S S O N S F R O M M S. K A L T R I N A & M S. D I A N E ’ S C L A S S
Issue: February 1 - February 12, 2021
Reminder: School closed February 15th - 19th for Winter Recess
Dear parents,
We are fast approaching the end of January. We are so grateful that we are still in person learning and everyone has been following the Covid19 policies and regulations very well.
In January we covered the letters M, N, O, and P. For letters M and N we learned about Migration (birds, nest, traveling from North America to warmer places) and hibernation (animals that sleep in the winter, how they survive and what do they eat). For letters O and P we learned about Polar Animals: penguins, polar bears, otter, arctic fox, blue whale etc. We learned about the North and South Poles; how animals adapt to the cold weather.
In science we experimented with shortening to compare and contrast how polar animals’ fat around their body keeps them warm in cold water. We read books about the polar animals, sang songs about the polar bear, and danced the penguin dance. The children had so much fun with the hands-on animal prints activity when they each chose a polar animal toy, pressed the feet into modeling clay and matched the footprint to the correct polar animal.
All the best,
Kaltrina, Diane, Ruby and Marie
Our theme is Friendship and Feelings
February will be a month filled with fun and excitement. We are really looking forward to all the activities planned for this month. We will continue with the letters of the week unit, practicing tracing, writing and identifying letters and vocabulary new words.
Art:
Rainbow fish craft for friendship
Valentine’s Day craft butterflies
Rainbow fish coloring
Cultural Arts/Geography:
Say Hello by Rachel Isadora- children around the world
Language:
In language we will continue to introduce a new letter. We will continue to discuss the sound the new letter makes and what words we can find the new letter in. There will be an alphabet page to go along with the new letter, and we will also practice the sign language for the new letter of the week. The new letters will be Q and R.
CVC words- short vowel a, e, i, o, u
Practice tracing and writing of the letters of the week
Reading Pink Series Montessori cards
Reading Bob books with short vowel a, e, I, o, and u.
Insta learn language board
Books:
The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Celebrating Chinese New Year by Rosa Drew and heather Phillips
Dragon Dance by Joan Holub
Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie by Norton Juster
Love You When by Linda Kranz
Math:
Counting by 10
100 board
Counting to 10 in other languages (Spanish, Albanian and Chinese)
Addition strip board
Subtraction board
Practical Life:
Sorting buttons by color
Sorting mini heart shape erasers using tongs
Making Friendship bracelets
Science:
Surface Tension with a Penny – science experiment
Sensorial:
Pink cubes
Geometric cabinet
Red rods