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Happy Halloween!!

Posted: October 30, 2015

The children had a great day today! The costume parade in the gym was exciting, so many great costumes! Our class performed two songs/chants and everyone agreed that they did fantastic! We read the book "Room on the Broom" and watched the animated version of it. Afterwards the students went in the...

Jack-O-Lanterns!

Posted: October 29, 2015

We had lots of fun making Jack-O-Lanterns this week! Along with some craft ones, we carved a pumpkin. Some children really loved digging it out but others weren't so keen on the feel of it. We saved the seeds and roasted them. Yummmmy!

Posted: October 29, 2015

Nigel Night Owl and the Letter Nn

Nigel Night Owl introduced us to the Letter "N n" this week. Here is the link to the N Story Bot video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZG0GQTskhE We can read the word "no"! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kotLRKkwZh4 We also discussed that owls are nocturnal animals - they hunt at night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYKCklr2GvY

Posted: October 28, 2015

Counting 1,2,3

We are counting every day! Now we are learning to recognize and make our numbers too. These videos count and show the numbers:1http://www.sesamestreet.org/videos?video=d0727377-f6ce-4f42-a4b0-21a87f8...

Posted: October 28, 2015

Jerry Jellyfish and the Letter Jj

The Story Bots had lots of words that started with the /j/ sound! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bGQ-XlLk8MIn our class, we had 1 student whose name started with J - Jayla. The Sesame Street crew have some names that star with J too:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKYMpRSvg2YWe made Jack-o-lanterns too (some paper ones, paper bags ones, and we carved a real one)!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mph3hygIFUWe practiced making the letter J - both the upper case that stands on the line and the lower case that looks like a fish hook hanging in the water.

Vincent Vampire Bats!

Posted: October 26, 2015

Vincent Vampire and the Letter Vv

Halloween is a great time to learn about the letter V too! There was a cute vampire in our classroom.We read about bats and vampire bats. We found out they are not as scary as we thought! Can your child tell you how vampire bats get their food? We found lots of other words that start with /v/ too. Grover has lots in this video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQb6gTJD7zA Check out this V Video - a volcano !http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAiLobOIUTw And we can't forget the Story Bots:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNnVgNuagWM

Posted: October 22, 2015

Willy Weasel and the Letter Ww

We borrowed Mrs. Hendry's W Wand and it could not help pointing to things in the classroom that started with the /w/ sound! It went to water bottles, windows, my watch, a walrus, white things and Willie Weasel! Wow!Our Zoophonics animal is Willie Weasel but since it is so close to Halloween we had to talk about Wanda Witch too! Check ou this video; did you notice the weasel? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDJ0a_g-weU The children laughed at the antics of the letter W with Kermit The Frog:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN_0HDXCyNsThe Letter W was tricky getting away from the Detective. How did he get away?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0iLTufp_bk

Posted: October 22, 2015

Inny Inchworm and the Letter Ii

We are learning about the hard-working letter I! It makes 2 sounds - /i/ like in "Inny Inchworm" and /i/ like in "ice cream". I is also a word - we have been writing it and have it on our word wall now.You may enjoy watching these Ii clips with your child. How many /i/ sounding words can they remember? They may show you how smart they are by saying words with the /i/ sound in the middle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phqQO-istAIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch...

Posted: October 22, 2015