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Week of 4/29

5/3/2019

 
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

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