Week of 1/7

Dear Koala Room Families,

Welcome back! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season. The students had a fantastic week and loved sharing all of their exciting experiences from their vacation. We are very happy to be back in the Koala Bear Room. The students have so quickly acclimated to their new and improved classroom. We couldn’t be happier!
 
This week, we began learning all about Winter. The students were particularly fascinated learning about the season of Winter, hibernation and migration.

Classroom Activities:
 

• We worked on our math skills by identifying different numbers in columns and then counting out that many snowflakes to glue down.
• After reading Snowflakes Fall, by Patricia MacLachlan, we put on our imaginary hats and pretended we were snowflakes! We asked the students that if they were a snowflake, what would they do? The students each came up with such unique answers, which we wrote in highlighter and then asked them to trace the letters. Next, the students drew a picture of what they wrote about.
• Using Epsom salt, glue, paint, and thick paper, we created winter scenes with swirling snowflakes.
• Using the Interactive White Board, we watched a video about how Black Bears get ready to hibernate in the Winter. We also saw a video on how and why Birds migrate south for the Winter.
• Imagining we were Bears about to hibernate, the students each explained what they would bring with them to get ready for their many months of rest. Their answers are hanging outside the classroom, which were all very interesting!

 
 
Books we read:

• Snowflakes Fall, by Patricia MacLachlan
• Owl Moon, by Jane Yolen
• Winter is for Snow, by Robert Neubecker

 
Places we went:

• We worked on spelling our names in Library with Lindsay
• Music and movement with Lindsay
• Music with Noel
• Gyms 2 and 3

 
Letter of the Week:

• “G”! A Great letter!

 
Important Dates:

• Montcare Winter Benefit is 1/25 at 6:30pm. We look forward to seeing you there!

 
Next week we will continue to learn about Winter, and also begin our Cultures Unit!
 
Have a great weekend!
 
Warmly,

Laura and Desiree