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| Some of the treasures we found this week. I brought the sunflowers from my garden. |
It was Chicka Chicka Boom Boom week in 1H. Our focus was naming letters and matching upper-case and lower-case letters. An excellent resource to practice this at home is Between the Lions Monkey Match: http://pbskids.org/lions/games/monkeymatch.html It was a great way to review this skill, and the students loved it!
Today we explored coconuts using our five senses: we used our eyes to see, our hands to touch, and our ears to hear the 'swishing' sound the milk inside made. We wrote these descriptions on a poster. Then, we opened up the coconut to smell the milk. We touched the coconut meat, and then tasted shredded coconut. When we were all done, students graphed whether they liked the way coconut tasted or not.
Finally, students were able to create their own coconut trees from various materials. The only guideline was that they had to be able to tell me the main parts of the coconut tree: leaves, trunk, and coconuts.
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| Some of our palm tree creations. We listened to Caribbean music and pretended we were on the beach while we created! |
For next week:
- Please make sure to send water bottles on Monday. I'm noticing some were left behind today during Stack and Pack time. I'll make sure they get sent home Monday to be washed.
- Terry Fox Run
- If you would like to order a pledge form, please send Terry Fox Information Form back by Wednesday, September 16th
- Toonies will be collected until September 30th
- On Tuesday, September 15th, the Grade One classes at Willow Park School are participating in International Dot Day, celebrating creativity, courage, and collaboration. The focus of the day is the book 'The Dot' by Peter H Reynolds, and the message is to 'make your mark'. Students are encouraged to wear polka dots on Tuesday.
As always, please contact me if you have further questions or require additional information.
Have an excellent weekend!
Mrs. Jenna Haugan
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