Welcome back to school after a short mid-winter break, though it hardly seems like winter at all!!
Our theme this week is snow! I certainly didn't expect the temperatures that we are having, but we will improvise!
For table activities this week, we played with pretend snow made from baking soda and conditioner and pretended cotton balls were snow that we stuck to contact paper. On Friday we will have some "snow" from the local ice skating rink to paint on and some snowflakes to practice our cutting skills on.
We will look at the letter Ss again for our journal.
Some KDIs we will concentrate on this week are-
Use of resources: Children gather information and formulate ideas about their world.- Where does snow come from? What is it made of? How does it feel? Why isn't there snow right now?
Body awareness: Children know about their bodies and how to navigate them in space- We do this during exercise times, still working on not "popping" one another's bubbles.
Observing: Children observe the materials and processes in their environment.- We will do this as we look at snow this week and make predictions about its behavior.
Jesus time- This week we are hearing the story of Jesus feeding the 5000. Imagine, a group of close to 15,000 people followed Jesus all day, listening to him preach and teach and heal and bless. They followed him as he walked and soon it was close to the time for the evening meal. They were too far from home and Jesus did not want to send them away hungry. To test the disciples, he asked them to go in to a small village that was close by and get all these people something to eat. The disciples said they didn't have nearly enough money and even if they did, there was no way that small village would have enough food for them to eat! Then one disciple brought forward a small boy who was willing to share his lunch. He had two small dried fish and five small barley loaves. Jesus took the food and blessed it and began breaking it apart and handing it out, after everyone was full, the disciples collected 12 baskets full of leftovers! How did that happen? Another miracle that Jesus performed! He had to set the people straight though, after this they wanted to make him their "Bread King", they would never be hungry!! He left because that is not why He came, He came to save us by dying on the cross and rising again! He never stops caring for our bodies or our souls! Hallelujah, What a Savior!!
Books of the Week- "White Snow, Bright Snow" by Alvin Tresselt, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin, "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats, and "Snow" by Roy McKie and P. D. Eastman.
Next week is a special week! It is Spirit Week! The basketball players in the big school have a tournament next weekend!
We would love for you to participate- Monday is Comfy, Cozy Day- wear your pajamas, Tuesday is Sports Jersey Day and the visitor from the Westland Humane Society also comes at 9:30 that day, Wednesday is Guys in Ties, Girls in Pearls, wear your best, it's Ash Wednesday, church for many of us and Thursday is Red and Black day, our school colors.
On Thursday night, from 6-7:30 is Spirit Night- the pep band will play, pompom girls will do their routine and root beer floats will be served. You will also get the chance, for a small fee, to through a pie at some teachers, me included!!
We are scheduled to not have school on Friday. but I would like to have it anyway. If you come, great, if not, that's okay too. We can have a mixed up day- wear polka dots, checks and stripes, as many patterns and crazy colors that you can!!
Have a great week!!
Mrs. Schneck
No comments:
Post a Comment