Dear Star Room Families,
It has been a joy teaching your children this year! Thank you so much for a wonderful year. We loved getting to know them and watching them grow into confident, charismatic big kids! We wish everyone a wonderful summer. See you in the hallways this September - don't forget to stop by and visit! Warmly, Sarah & Jill Dear Star Room 3AM Families,
What a great week we had in the classroom! Here are some of the fun activities we enjoyed during classroom. Theme this week: • What a fun time we had at the zoo! Jill and I so enjoyed spending time with your children and exploring the animals. This week we began our last unit about the ocean. To kick off the unit, we created a “what do we know chart?”. I solicited answers such as crabs, whales, fish and penguins from the children and charted the answers. We will continue to add to the chart, showing what we want to know and also what we learned. Books we read: • If You Want to See a Whale by Julie Fogliano • 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle Places we went: • At Art with Julia and Janae, we had fun with stamping. The children selected different shaped sponge stampers and dipped them into brightly colored glitter paint. The children then practiced pressing the stamp up and down to make a clear shape outline. We also used oil pastel crayons on black paper and sifted blue sand to find buried treasure. • We sang Our Favorite Things, Do - Re - Mi, Puff the Magic Dragon and Take Me Out to the Ballgame in Music with Noel. We also played our kazoos, using them to create different animal sounds and songs. • We played in 2nd floor indoor gym and the roof! Classroom Activities: • This week we kept it simple, drawing with markers at the art table and using our imagination to label and explain our drawings. Next week we will be creating fantastic ocean projects! Reminders: • No School, Memorial Day, Monday 5/27 • Library books due, Wednesday 5/29 Enjoy the photos! As always, please feel free to reach out through email with questions or concerns. Warmly, Sarah and Jill Dear Star Room 3AM Families,
What a great week we had in the classroom! Here are some of the fun activities we enjoyed during classroom. Theme this week: This week we focused on our trip to the Central Park Zoo. To collect prior knowledge, we discussed if anyone had been to the zoo before and if so, what animals they had seen. I displayed a map of the Central Park Zoo and we learned that a map is a picture that shows us were to find things. We pointed out all the different animals we will be able to see at the zoo and were to find them. Afterwards, we charted the animal we want to see the most during our trip. We also had a rousing discussion of what some of the animals at the zoo eat and where they live (eg. land vs. water). Books we read:
Have an excellent weekend, Sarah and Jill Dear Star Room 3AM Families,
What a great week we had in the classroom! Here are some of the fun activities we enjoyed during classroom. Please note that due to an editing accident, the theme last week was incorrectly posted. Included below is the theme from both this week and last week. Sorry for the confusion! Theme this week:
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Classroom Activities: =This week we painted butterfly cutouts by dropping dots of watercolor with an eyedropper. The result was that each butterfly had a unique pattern all of its own. The smaller and larger cutouts were then assembled to create a 3-D butterfly for our bulletin board. Take a peek when you have a moment! Reminders:
Enjoy the photos! As always, please feel free to reach out through email with questions or concerns. Warmly, Sarah and Jill Dear Star Room 3AM Families,
What a great week we had in the classroom! Here are some of the fun activities we enjoyed during classroom. Theme this week:
Books we read:
Songs we sang:
Places we went:
Classroom Activities:
Warmly, Sarah and Jill Dear Star Room 3AM Families,
What a great week we had in the classroom! Here are some of the fun activities we enjoyed during classroom. Theme this week:
Songs we sang:
Places we went:
Classroom Activities:
Reminders:
Warmly, Sarah and Jill Dear Star Room 3AM Families,
What a great week we had in the classroom! Here are some of the fun activities we enjoyed during classroom. Theme this week:
Books we read:
Songs we sang:
Places we went:
Classroom Activities:
Reminders:
Warmly, Sarah and Jill Dear Star Room 3AM Families,
What a great week we had in the classroom! Here are some of the fun activities we enjoyed during classroom. Theme this week:
Warmly, Sarah and Jill Dear Star Room 3AM Families,
What a great week we had in the classroom! Here are some of the fun activities we enjoyed during classroom. Theme this week:
Warmly, Sarah and Jill Dear Star Room 2AM Families,
What a great week we had in the classroom! Here are some of the fun activities we enjoyed during classroom. Theme this week:
Songs we sang:
Places we went:
Classroom Activities:
Reminders:
Enjoy the photos! As always, please feel free to reach out through email with questions or concerns. We wish everyone a happy and healthy Spring Break! Warmly, Sarah and Jill |