Week of 4/29

Reminders:
 

• Thursday, May 16th: Brooklyn Bridge (Kids MUST have an adult chaperone.)
• Friday, May 31st: Field Day (Kids MUST have an adult chaperone.)
• Friday, June 7th: Last Day of School Breakfast 8:30-9am (Kids MUST have an adult attend.)
• Monday, June 10th: Graduation

 
 
Dear Yellow Room Families,

We had another exciting week! Below is an update on what the Yellow Room children learned this week in school. 

Themes this week:

• We began our study about our home city, NEW YORK! 
• Discussed that New York City is made up of five boroughs: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Staten Island.
• We also ended the week talking about, Cinco de Mayo. 

Classroom Activities:
 

• The children were so inspired from our discussions about NYC, they began to make their own landmarks in our free art center. We have begun to create a city skyline in the classroom that includes the Empire State Building, and other skyscrapers. Remembering what we learned last week, the children reused newspaper to recreate the incredible NYC skyline. 
• For writing, the kids published another class book about New York City! After reading about many landmarks and places that make our city so unique , the children wrote a "postcard" to a friend suggesting a fun place for them to visit.  
• After reading about the Empire State Building, we estimated how many windows tall we are on a classroom replica of the infamous landmark. After writing down our prediction, we measured ourselves and took a photo revealing the actual estimate. 
• To get ready for our fiesta on Monday, the children worked together to make a pinata from scratch.  We can't wait to break it open during our celebration on Monday.
• For writing, we thought of a delightful response to the prompt, "I broke open the piñata and out popped.."
• For math, the kids created and extended patterns using traditional Mexican images.

 
Books we read:

• Larry Gets Lost in New York City,  by Michael Mullin and John Skewes
• My New York, by Kathy Jakobsen 
• New York, Baby!, by Ward Jenkins
• My Taxi Ride, by Paul Jacobs and Jennifer Swender
• Wonders of America: The Statue of Liberty, by Marion Bauer
• Mañana Iguana, by Ann Paul
• How Do You Say? Como Se Dice?, by Angela Dominguez
• La Oruga Muy Hambrienta, by Eric Carle

 
Places we visited:

• In music, we practiced singing Simple Gifts, God Bless America, and Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog.
• In yoga, we strengthened our cow pose.
• In library, we continued reading The Magic Tree House chapter book.

 
Enjoy the photos and have a great weekend.

Sincerely,

The Yellow Room Teachers