What a busy and exciting week it has been here in Ms. M’s Class. We’ve been engaging in all sorts of fascinating explorations and discoveries.
This week in Maths, we continued learning about the wonderful world of 3D shapes! The children enjoyed identifying cubes, spheres, cones, and cylinders, and we had fun building towers and sorting them into different groups. We also challenged our brains with complex patterns, creating sequences with different colours, shapes, and even actions. It was fantastic to see their problem-solving skills in action!
A big milestone this week in Phonics! Our amazing learners have officially completed their Set 1 sounds! We are so incredibly proud of their hard work and progress in recognizing these initial sounds. Get ready for the next exciting step as we prepare to move on to Set 2 sounds and the Red Ditty Books. These short, decodable books will help build their confidence and fluency in reading.
Our IEYC unit “Weather Wonders” continued with a focus on the dramatic power of storms. We read a touching storybook about animals who sadly lost their home in a storm. To help the children understand and process this, we recreated the story in our water table, using toy animals and creating our own mini-stormy conditions. It was a wonderful way for them to engage with the narrative in a sensory and imaginative way. We also explored the sounds of storms using musical instruments, making loud crashes, gentle rain sounds, and howling wind.
Our exploration in the water table was a huge success! To ensure we can continue to offer these engaging and sometimes messy learning opportunities freely, we would be very grateful if you could send in an extra change of clothes for your child’s locker. This will allow them to fully participate without any worries. Thank you for your understanding and support!
We’ve also had lots of fun watching our caterpillar grow. It plays hide and seek and we’re never sure where on the plant it’s going to be. We also had a great time Friday making pink zucchini muffins! Cooking is such a great way to learn all kinds of valuable skills. We watched a video experiment where someone picked up pepper using static on a balloon. We didn’t have any pepper but we recreated this experiment using oregano!
Mark your calendars! We have a very exciting field trip to Pony Land coming up on Monday, May 27th! Get ready for a fun-filled day of meeting ponies and enjoying the outdoors. A permission form with more detailed information will be sent home via email very soon, so please keep an eye on your inbox. Additionally our ABC countdown starts Friday and a full schedule for that will be going home Tuesday.
Keep on Learning!
