Below is what we will be focusing on this week:
Writing: We will be learning how to focus our thoughts into one idea and write a story about it. We will also be discussing drawing detailed pictures of ourselves. When drawing pictures with your child at home, ask them to tell you the body parts on their people. Help them draw if they are forgetting parts. (These are the main body parts we focus on: head, hair, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, neck, arms, upper body (torso), legs, feet.) When the drawing is completed, have your child tell you a story about the picture.
Science: We are learning about the five senses and lots of vocabulary!! This week we are focusing on the sense of touch and the the way we can describe how things feel. Students will be blindfolded so that they have to use their hands to describe the objects. (I'm hoping to record these and post the video's on the blog. :) When asking your child to describe objects at home make them focus on feeling words: smooth, rough, fuzzy, bumpy, hard, soft, hot, cold etc.
Here are a few video's that we will be watching in class to get us excited. :)
Math: We are practicing number formation and writing numbers 0-9. We are counting daily with Calendar and discussing the days of the week as they come. We are also learning how to explore with the different types of Math Tools. (Remember we don't play in Kindergarten! We explore. haha) Below are the rhymes we are discussing when we write numbers. When practicing number formation with your child, it may be useful to sing the rhyme if they make a mistake.
0= Make a big loop, just like so. This is the way we make a zero.
1= Start at the top and down you run, that's the way we make a one.
2= Around and back on the railway track. Two, two, two.
3= Around the tree, around the tree. That's the way we make a three. (Be prepared for your child to tell you this is my favorite number... I say it every time we write it. :)
4= Down and over and down some more. That's the way we make a four.
5= Down and around, with a flag up high. That's the way we make a five.
6= Down to a loop, number six makes a hoop.
7= Across the sky and down from heaven. That's the way we make a seven.
8= Make an S and do not wait, come back up and make an eight.
9= Make a circle and a line. That's the way we make a nine.
(I tried to find a Youtube video that had these rhymes and I was not successful. If you search for videos on Youtube, you will find a few that have rhymes similar to these.)
I'm sorry that this was such a long post... but I wanted to make sure to inform you of everything we'll be learning this week. Also, Resources will be starting this week. We will be going to P.E. twice this week and to Art.
It's sure to be another great week in Room 41!! :)