Morning & Afternoon Meeting
It was a meaningful week to learn and grow again in school. We started singing good morning songs , months of the year, seasons song, and weather song. It was followed by checking our calendar time, assigning class jobs, doing a movement song and sharing about our whereabouts through our Class Dojo photos. Our little learners were certainly coping well and having a great time with their friends throughout the week! In addition, we also had our Parents Day last Thursday in the afternoon.
In the afternoon, we had our Show and Tell from our Blue Group. They showed things that made them feel healthy like fruits, tooth brushing, toys that make them happy and more! We also started practicing our dances for our upcoming Celebration of Learning! Next week, we will have another topic for our Show and Tell and a big event at Izumi campus, International Culture Festival. We can't wait to have everyone join us for a fun activities! Last, we ended our day by reading a storybook and singing a goodbye song.
Language & Literacy
Pre-K
This week, we kickstarted our lesson through lots of engaging and fun activities to review our phonics and sight word knowledge. First, we read our Raz-Kids book entitled, "Healthy Snacks" , talked about the pictures and the words in the book and did a related worksheet afterwards such as phonics. Then, we learned about our literacy lessons. These are the activities that we did: Jolly Phonics `oo` through Jolly classroom, interactive games, making a spooky ghost craft through decorating and writing the words, and doing some related worksheets for review and mini assessment . We also learned a new sight word "where"this week through a chant and did a sight word worksheet right and lastly we sang our favorite songs: matman, on, in, under , by and vowel songs. Last, we continued using our different booklets to hone our writing and reading or blending skills throughout this term. This booklet is individualized and self-paced activity wherein, once they finish it, hey move to next colored booklet like a "level-up game" for them to keep them motivated and challenged as well.
Kinder
This week we started every lesson with a new sight word of the day, presented by our dear friend Koko the Koala. We used our sight word in crafting sentences and in our lessons via additional worksheets that allowed us to refine our handwriting skills. We also hosted group activities all week as we did every lesson this week in a group setting, working alongside each other as we read, discussed the stories we read, and identified nouns, verbs, digraphs, sight words, and adjectives. We completed a number of fun activities and crafts to test our comprehension skills. We also worked through our Jollyphonics lessons, where we played matching games, crafted sentences, corrected sentences by editing punctuation errors, and more!
Maths
Pre-K
This week, we started talking about Measurement in Length Using Standard Units like Centimeters. These are the activities that we did: we sang length song, using rulers to measure objects for exploration, drawing and measuring things, and some related worksheets for mini assessment too. To recap our weekly lesson, our friends made A Giraffe's Long Neck craft to show their own understanding about lengths. Then, we had continued doing our numeracy booklets to enhance our counting and number recognition. It was truly a memorable time learning Lengths with our friends!
Kinder
For Week 23 we continued our study of measurement, as we became more comfortable in utilizing our rulers to measure objects in centimeters. We also worked with numbers up to 50 as we made an effort to work in addition and subtraction based equations in our lessons. We completed a number of fun group games and activities alongside learning new math songs to help further solidify our understanding. We also continued to progress through our math booklets throughout the week.
Topic Exploration
Following our fun morning meetings, engaging literacy and math lessons, we focused on healthy habits for our topic exploration time. This week was filled with many fun activites such as discussing healthy foods and how often we should we them in comparison to unhealthy (but yummy foods!), playing rhythm-based games to identify healthy foods, brushing teeth, washing foods and clothes. These activities helped us identify all the nasty germs we may encounter and how to prevent them from harming us. We capped off an exhilarating week of learning about healthy habits by focusing on the importance of building and maintaining confidence in who we are as people. We talked about what makes us happy, like our favorite healthy foods, personal interests, and favorite physical activities. We made a fun diagram in which we illustrated the things that make us happy by applying our creativity in our drawings. This activity helped us review all of the healthy habits we covered throughout the week.
Free Play
Here are some more pictures of friends playing together in the classroom, in the Big Room, at the park, and enjoying other topics, events and activities at school.
Books of the Week
Kinder
Pre-Kinder
Important Dates
October 31st- ICF Event at Izumi Campus
November 2nd - Make-up Holiday
- The Jungle Class Team
