Dear Parents,
We will continue to explore fairy tales this week. We will be reading Little Red Riding Hood by various authors and The 3 Little Pigs by Marie –Louise Gay. We will be playing fairy tale bingo, completing a hoola-hoop counting and data collection activity as well as making a chart about the cause and effect of the house of the pigs. The letter of the week is A. Please bring in your pictures by Wednesday. Don’t forget! No school April 7th and spring break begins April 10-16th. Please be sure to read 3 books a day with your child over break. We have a sheet next to the sign in sheets for Parent Teacher Conferences. Please find a time to sign up. If none of the times work for you, I can meet with you before or after school. Have a wonderful weekend! Mandi Heiser [email protected]
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Hello, We will continue reading about the 3 Little Pigs. We will be re-reading the version by Bonnie Dobkin and analyzing the character traits. We will also be discussing new vocab words such as mortar, skulking, annoyed, strolled, kettle and chimney. We will be reading The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka and making arguments if the children believe the wolf was innocent or guilty of eating the pigs. In small groups, students will be working on initial letter sounds in words and working on a math talk on identifying triangles and what makes something a triangle or not and why. The letter of the week is K. please send in your k pictures no later than Thursday. Have a wonderful weekend! Mandi Heiser [email protected] Hello, First of all, thank you so much for your understanding with my absence over the last few weeks. I am glad to be out of the hospital and am getting better every day. I missed the students and am glad to be back. I apologize for not posting a blog last week, but I was not up to it. We will be starting a unit on fairy tales. For the next few weeks, we will be reading different versions of the Three Little Pigs. We will be comparing and contrasting the stories and creating alternative endings. We will be working on patterning and sequencing in small groups. Our letter of the week is R. Please bring in your pictures by Thursday. We will have a friend of mine visiting the PM class on Monday as a special guest reader! We know he will do a great job introducing the students to the Three Little Pigs! This week we discussed St Patrick’s Day and leprechauns. The students decided they wanted to trap a leprechaun. They used boxes and classroom materials to create a trap. They formulated their ideas, made and plan, created their trap. While they we in the bike room the leprechaun came to the room and brought stickers and left little green foot prints. Unfortunately, the leprechaun evaded the students once again. Regardless, the children had a wonderful time. This week all CPS teachers will be strictly adhering to our "working hours"-8:45-3:45. Please be sure to be on time for pick up. Students who are not picked up by 3:45 will be brought to the office. Have a wonderful weekend! Mandi Heiser [email protected] Dear Parents,
We are completing our Jazz unit this week. We are still trying to find a Jazz musician to perform for us! If you know someone, please encourage them to offer their services (Am 10:30 and 3:00 Pm) to our class. We will be reading Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkey, Violet’s Music by Angela Johnson and Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown. We will be creating a Wonderful World craft in honor of the student’s favorite musician Louis Armstrong at small groups. We will listen to the story/song and then we will write about what makes each of our worlds wonderful. We will learn about the trombone, piano and the standup bass. We will also be creating our number museum for the number 6 and reviewing our math talk. Our letter of the week is D! Send in your pictures no later than Thursday. We are in need of some supplies. If you could donate any of these supplies we would greatly appreciate it! We need:
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