Our next unit of study wil be the Alphabet. The children will doing alphabet puzzles, use stencils to practise their letter shapes and fine motor skills, write in a special book with black board spaces on it, read alphabet books and play lots of alphabet games. They will look for foods that start with the letter of the day in their lunches and play with letter magnets. Each day we will have a letter of the day and add another verse to one of our songs. Your child will probably sing it to you. It is to the tune of Frere Jacques and we will sing it every day: A starts apple A starts apple Aaaa, Aaaaa, Aaaaa Aaaaa, Aaaaa, Aaaaa, B starts balloon B starts balloon Bbbbb, Bbbbbb, Bbbbb Bbbbbb, Bbbbbb, Bbbbbb. And so on through the letters. You will soon receive a sheet with all the letters and their sample words. You can post it somewhere visible and use it when you have time to review the sounds and letters. The children will learn to use the alphabet posted on the wall to help them sing the song and think about the alphabet. They enjoy coming in to the classroom every day and predicting what the letter of the day will be. We will be continuing to have a new letter each day until we have covered them all. There will be a few pauses to celebrate Chinese New Year and Valentine's day and we should be done the unit by the middle of February. We will put the letters together and read some easy rhyming words like cat and mat. As you know, each child learns to read at his or her own speed and there is no pressure on them at this age, but whatever step they are at in the hundreds of steps to reading they can enjoy this unit and continue to progress.
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Thank you all for coming to our party and joining our celebration of festivals of light. It was a lot of fun. A big thank you to all of you for coming and for bringing treats. Another, very BIG thank you to the children for singing and dancing so well for their audience. Well done!!! Finally, thank you for all the gifts, cards and words of appreciation to the teachers. It has been a busy and challenging fall and we are glad of all your support and help. The children are mostly well established and our class is a settled and happy learning place. We are very proud of how far the children have come since the fall. It has been a lot of work for us, but also for them, so we hope they enjoy the holidays and get lots of rest. The first term is always the hardest. Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah and Happy New Year to everyone!
The student council has declared Thursday, December 19th to be Pyjama Day. The children can wear their jammies to school and bring their slippers, robe and a favourite stuffed animal toy. It will be a cozy last day! There will be no school again until January 5th.
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Dear Parents, Grandparents, Friends and Relations;
You are all warmly invited to our All Holidays Party on Wednesday, December 17th in our classroom, room 23 at 10:00 OR 2:00. The library where we usually have our parties is not available so we will have it in our room. We do not have space for everyone at the same time, so have split the class in half. There is an invitation in your child's backpack with the time for you to come to the party. Please do not switch as it will be too crowded. If there is a problem about your time, please send me an email and we will see if we can sort it out together.
We will be singing you some of the songs we have learned and having a few seasonal treats. If you can bring in a few nut-free treats we would be very happy to have them. It should be a great part of our Festivals of Light unit. See you there!
Our next unit of study wil be the Alphabet. The children will doing alphabet puzzles, use stencils to practise their letter shapes and fine motor skills, write in a special book with black board spaces on it, read alphabet books and play lots of alphabet games. They will look for foods that start with the letter of the day in their lunches and play with letter magnets. Each day we will have a letter of the day and add another verse to one of our songs. Your child will probably sing it to you. It is to the tune of Frere Jacques and we will sing it every day: A starts apple A starts apple Aaaa, Aaaaa, Aaaaa Aaaaa, Aaaaa, Aaaaa, B starts balloon B starts balloon Bbbbb, Bbbbbb, Bbbbb Bbbbbb, Bbbbbb, Bbbbbb. And so on through the letters. You will soon receive a sheet with all the letters and their sample words. You can post it somewhere visible and use it when you have time to review the sounds and letters. The children will learn to use the alphabet posted on the wall to help them sing the song and think about the alphabet. They enjoy coming in to the classroom every day and predicting what the letter of the day will be. We will be continuing to have a new letter each day until we have covered them all. There will be a few pauses to celebrate Chinese New Year and Valentine's day and we should be done the unit by the middle of February. We will put the letters together and read some easy rhyming words like cat and mat. As you know, each child learns to read at his or her own speed and there is no pressure on them at this age, but whatever step they are at in the hundreds of steps to reading they can enjoy this unit and continue to progress.
