Being an early bird, I'm up and ready to start my day! I thought I would talk about the weather. Isnt that what people do when they are up so early?
Well we have officially entered our rainy season. The rains have been quite heavy, with moments of very beautiful blue skies. The chances of more rain than sun are quite common in Vancouver, thus we need to be prepared. The children are encouraged to get out and play, and run off some of their excess energy at recess and at lunch but only if they have the correct clothing. So, it is important for your child to have the appropriate outer wear for this muchly needed and encouraged play time. They need a rain type jacket with a hood or a separate hat. They need good boots to run through the puddles. Then they need to have shoes to change into when they come into the classroom. The children need to have indoor shoes if they are wearing boots to school. They are welcome to leave their shoes here, in their cubbies so they can change into them easily. But I really do not want them to have their boots on on the carpet as that is where they sit to meet and listen to instructions. Mud and water are easily tracked in when they are wearing boots. Thank you for your support.
This week we switched up our desks. I spent one morning pushing all the desks into a new group formation. I generally do this around 6 times a year. It gives the children an opportunity to work with and establish different relationships with the children around them. They were very excited about the moves. Sometimes, they still go to their old areas and sit down. We are all getting used to it!
This week we started our bat unit. The children wrote what they already knew about bats and wrote one thing that they wondered about bats. On Friday we did an echolocation bat art. We will be reading and writing about bats, doing poetry and plays on bats, looking at nocturnal and diurnal bats, the parts of the bats, the lifecycle of the bat and so much more. If you have books, stories, pictures that you would like to share with the class, I would love it. There doesnt seem to be a lot of fiction on bats out there, so anything you have will certainly add to our collection. Thank you.
With that, I hope everyone has a great Sunday and I will see you all on Monday!
Teri
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| Vibodh and his mom Kalyani do a presentation about Diwali. |
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| We learned that Diwali is a festival of lights and colour. |
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| Our beautiful chalk poppies and our writing. |
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| So beautiful. |
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| Wreathe done with our buddy class. |
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| Eli creates a structure out of our math manipulatives. |
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| Meanwhile Rio and Lara have fun with the blocks...look at those faces!! |
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