Monday, May 6, 2013

May 3: Qq, Rr, 18 and play practice

This week we have been practicing for our Rainbow Fish play on May 14th.  We hope to see you there!

We also have been learning the letter Qq.  We made crowns for Queen/King and we made quails. Here is a Qq video.

We have also started the letter Rr.   We made rabbits and had rabbit lollipops. Here is an Rr video.






We also learned the number 18. We counted this 18 video and painted 18 flowers.



Friday, April 26, 2013

April 26: 17, Rainbow Fish and Children's Day

Thank you to all of the parents who came on Saturday!  It was great to see you and talk about your student`s progress!

Happy Chıldren`s Day!  I hope you and your student enjoyed your tıme off!

Thıs week, we have contınued to work on the Raınbow Fısh story.  Our play wıll be ın the evenıng on Tuesday May 14.  I hope to see you there!

We revıewed the alphabet and learned the number 17. Here is a 17 video.  You can practice counting anything you see with your student!

Students also love this new version of the song Slıppery Fish.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Old Aquarium Fieldtrip Photos!!


April 19 P, Rainbow Fish and Children's Day

Thıs week, we continued working on the Rainbow Fish story.  Here is a Rainbow Fish video.  Students are becoming more familiar with the characters and the plot.  I have been doing a Rainbow Fish puppet show in class.  Soon, we will start practicing our parts for our performance on May 16.

We started learning the letter P this week.  We watched these two P videos: p ring cards, storybots P.  We made penguins.

We celebrated Childrens’ Day this week too with lots of fun games and activities!












April 10: Cam Ocagi Glassblowing Factory Fieldtrip :)









April 12: N O Rainbow Fish 16

Thıs week, we learned the letters N and O.  We watched these videos: N storybots, N ringcards, O storybots, O ringcards.  Students love to be nınjas and fly around lıke baby bırds comıng to theır nest.  They also lıke octopuses and owls.


We contınued pratıcıng the Jumpıng on the Bed story.  Students enjoy actıng ıt out and can chant along.

We also started lookıng more ın-depth at the Raınbow Fish story.  We wıll be doıng a performance of thıs story next month.



We learned the number 16 too. We also had a visit to theclibrary where we read some new animal stories.

April 5 cows, L, M and 15

This week, we continued learning the letter Ll and learned the letter Mm (here are some Mm videos: M song, M ring cards). We made lollipops, monkeys, and monsters. We practiced the alphabet songs: pancake manor alphabet, super simple songs alphabet, storybots alphabet. You can sing the song with your student or practice making the sounds of the letters.



We also learned about cows. We made cows, made cow masks and read a book about cows.


We visited the library and read a couple of books, including No More Monkeys Jumping on the bed. Students also enjoyed a video of this book/song. We also did a butterfly craft to continue celebrating Spring. We continued learning numbers. This week, we're on the number 15.  Here is a 15 Video.  We colored the 15 students in our class. You can practice counting with your student too.