Week of 1/7

Dear Blue Room Parents,
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This week we were so excited to see our friends and become snow experts.
 
Reminders:
**If you have not done so already please send in a change of clothing for your child’s cubby. We sent them home before break.
 
Specialists activities:

• School-wide assembly with Noel- we performed "Let It Be"

Classroom Activities:

• We were excited to see our Blue Room friends and begin 2019 together.
• We discussed winter and the many weather changes and fun activities.
• We researched and learned several snowflake facts including different types and symmetry. This allowed us to explore the math concept of symmetry by creating several snowflakes with this concept in mind.
• We worked on our fine motor to create beaded snowflakes to hang in our classroom.
• We learned a poem entitled “Rainbow Snowmen” and then responded by writing and illustrating what we would do with rainbow snow. This allowed us to work on our pre-reading skills by learning the words to the poem and creating a classroom book with our responses.
• We discussed the real rainbow snow that appears both man made and natural during science. We discussed the black and yellow snow we see in our streets in Manhattan. We were amazed to learn that in some mountain ranges algae can change the color of snow and make it red, pink, yellow and even green.

Theme this week: Winter 
 
Dates to remember:

• Monday, January 21st - No school for Martin Luther King Jr. day
• Friday, January 25th- Winter Benefit
• February 18, 19- President’s Day (no school_
• February 20th- Professional Development
• March 18th- Spring Break (until 4/1

 
Enjoy the photos and have a great weekend!
 
The Blue Room Room Teachers