Weekly Update from TK
Language Arts: This week, we introduced the letter "Ii" as part of our letters and sounds curriculum. Students have been engaging in activities to enhance their phonological awareness skills.
Little Miss Muffet: We sequenced the classic nursery rhyme and illustrated it in our poetry journals. To add a fun twist, students crafted spiders, claiming they would use them to surprise you at home!
Math: In math, our emphasis was on counting objects by marking them off on paper. We graphed our responses to whether we are afraid of spiders and compared the results. Students practiced comparing numbers from 1 to 10 to identify which are larger or smaller. We also focused on recognizing numbers that come before and after a given number, as well as counting up from specified numbers. Patterns remain a daily highlight during our morning meetings.
Handwriting: This week, we learned to write the letters "H," "T," and "t," marking our first letters that aren’t frog jumpers!
Science: We explored the fascinating world of spiders by reading various nonfiction books and watching educational videos. Students made spider hats and learned interesting facts, such as spiders having eight legs, being arachnids (not insects), possessing two body parts, and having jointed legs. Not all spiders spin webs to catch their prey; we viewed a video about a trapdoor spider. Ask your child how this clever predator captures its food! We also introduced some exciting vocabulary words: prey, spinnerets, cephalothorax, predator, carnivore, exoskeleton, abdomen, and nocturnal.
Art: We experimented with the splatter painting technique inspired by Jackson Pollock and collaborated on a group project that mirrored his dynamic splash art.
Religion: In our religion class, we learned about Jesus healing a paralyzed man.
Free Friday Fun: Our Friday was filled with excitement! Students enjoyed creating airplanes, jewelry, and more from boxes. They also made necklaces and keychains with beads. Many had delightful tea parties in the kitchen, while others constructed haunted houses using blocks and Halloween characters.
Snack and Sharing: For October, our sharing focuses on items related to fall and Halloween.
Self Help: Please assist your child in practicing how to put on and take off their fall jackets (including zipping zippers and pulling sleeves out). Our goal is for students to become independent in dressing for recess. Please provide outerwear that they can manage (mostly) independently.