Our math focus this week has been on reading, writing, sequencing, grouping, comparing, and learning about number ranges in the bigger numbers to 100 and beyond. A few things I have noticed that we will need to focus on more include ship counting by 2’s and counting backwards from those bigger numbers. We are practicing as we line up, or any time we have a little bit of a wait. Practice at home would be great as well.
Ms. Pratt, one of our school counselors, has been coming into our class to talk about social thinking strategies. Be sure to ask your child about Super Flex and the Unthinkables. The children are really enjoying the stories, and are learning great strategies for how to recognize and solve daily difficulties.
Thanks to the PTO, we enjoyed a Taiko Drumming Assembly this week. Don’t be surprised if you have some drumming happening at home this weekend. It was impressive.
Jen, Zephyr’s mom, has a special art project planned for us on Wednesday at 1:30, and we are looking for a few volunteers to help with both the project and clean up at the end of the day. If you are interested, please let me know. Also, we have about half of the jars we need, so keep those small jam jars coming. Thanks!
Next Friday in the afternoon we will be enjoying a “Snuggle In” day with popcorn, juice, movie, and a few winter craft activities. The children may wear pajamas on that day. If your child chooses to wear pajamas, please be sure that they are still wearing appropriate footwear for recess.
Next Friday is also library day. We are going to try to use the Lifeskills of responsibility and organization and see if we can ALL bring back ALL of our library books. That way we can all have new books to read over Winter Break.
Our specialist schedule for next week is:
Monday P.E.
Tuesday Music
Wednesday Art
Thursday P.E.
Friday Library
I know that I sometimes forget to put the specialist schedule in the newsletter. If that ever happens , you can also find the specialist schedule on the Blakely website under the Calendars section. Just look for the Specialist Rotation Calendar. http://www.bainbridge.wednet.edu/blakely/specialistschedule.pdf
Our rotation this quarter is:
Day 1 P.E.
Day 2 Library
Day 3 Art
Day 4 P.E.
Day 5 Music
Day 6 Art
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