ALL ABOUT MATH!

Dear Parents,

This week we worked on our math skills.  We introduced our unit by reading: One, Two, Three Teddy Bears, by Ann and Mike Ricketts, and Ten Hungry Rabbits, by Anita Lobel.  We then made counting books.  We practiced counting and writing our numbers from 1 - 10.

Our letter of the week was "D."  We practiced writing it and then came up with a list of "D" words such as: Dog, dot, Denise, Deb, Daniel, dig and duck.  We even made the letter out of play dough.

The children had a great time in music class with Lisa.  They learned how to make rhythms with Popsicle sticks and sang "Hickory Dickory Dock," "Ring Around the Rosy," "Cucu Where are You?", and "Michael Finnegan.  Yuting (piano teacher) taught the children the names of the piano keys and also taught them the name of our body parts, in Mandarin.

We finished our week by making ice cream.  The reason we had an ice cream party this week was because we filled the Gem Jar.  Ask you child about it.  I am not sure which was more fun, eating the ice cream or making it.  

                                                 

                                                                   "When is this ice cream going to be ready?"

This is delicious

                               

                                                  

          

   

Love,

Ms. Bonne and Ms. Barbara

THE CELEBRATION CONTINUES!

Dear Parents,

The children had so much fun making Christmas trees with the Whole Note and Quarter Note Class.  They decorated ice-cream cones with green frosting, candy canes, sprinkles, and marshmallows.   

The children continue to practice writing the alphabet letters as
well as their name.  They have completed all the straight line letters and will now begin to write curved letters such as P, Q, S, B, and  

D, etc.

We hope you liked your holiday gifts as much as the children enjoyed making them. They couldn't wait to give them to you. Every day this children asked me if this was the day they were bringing them home.

Finally, we had our class room song festival.  The children did a great job singing.  I am sure you will agree!  We continued our holiday celebration by eating coffee cake, cookies, lemon poppy seed cake, and strawberries.  We hope you all had fun at our celebration.

We look forward to seeing you back at school on Monday, January 4, 2016.

Love, 
Ms. Bonne and Ms. Barbara

PREPARING FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

Dear Parents.         

This week we talked about Christmas.  We read "Dad Christmas and Hanukkah Mama," by Selina Alko and "Christmas is here!" by Ellen Weiss.  The children worked so hard to make your holiday gifts.  We hope you enjoyed them.

 

The children created tree ornaments out of Popsicle sticks.  They also made 3-D Christmas trees by tracing and cutting two tree templates.  The children then decorated them with sequins, glitter, and buttons.  Finally we cut them down the middle and slid one tree onto another.  Voila, a fabulous tree!

We also worked on our Handwriting Without Tears book.  So far we have learned 13 of the alphabet letters: L, E, F, H, T, I, U, C, O, Q, G, S, and J.  The children are also working on learning the letter sounds. 

In music class this week we practiced singing our holiday songs, such as: "Jingle Bells, "I have a Little Dreidel," and "We wish you a Merry Christmas." They  practiced the violin positions and playing the piano.  I am also learning how to play the piano. The children will probably learn how to play before I do.

Other areas of interest in our classroom:

Taking a rest after a hard days's work! 

We look forward to seeing all of you on Wednesday, December 23rd at 9:15 for a little classroom holiday party.

Love,
Ms. Bonne and Ms. Barbara