Week Ending June 20th

(Letter sent via email)


Most Recent Facebook Photos: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.707643052605700.1073741924.451515874885087&type=1 (Past ones listed under "Links to Facebook Photos")


A Song We Did During Needed Breaks - Learning to follow directions, getting rid of extra energy, learning to spell, and having fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCb40WSil4A

Physical / Outdoor Activity

This week while on duty I brought out the skipping rope (or "jump rope") for the children to learn how to play. It was a very popular choice and the kids had SO MUCH FUN learning how to do this! :) This is a great 'game' for learning to take turns, for eye / foot coordination and for watching the rope carefully to know when to JUMP!  It will definitely be something we do more of in the remaining days. :) There will be more pictures on Facebook shortly.

Maths - June 2014

To prepare for the math test later in the week, we reviewed "telling time" and each child (as you can see) was given their own clock to show me the time I asked them to show me. We did this over a period of two days.

Also in preparation for the math assessment, we reviewed "sequencing" (the ordering of real life events) both orally and with this game I happened to find at the Early Learning Centre Store. It happened to combine telling time with putting a child's school day in order. It was great practice for the test and almost everyone did perfectly on it! (and, they enjoyed learning it as a group!)

Lastly, we reviewed shapes before the test and for the sections that were difficult and still needed review after it, we had some "volunteer teachers" try to explain it in a "child's language."  We  also learned through songs, videos and demonstrations using the shapes we have. We will continue to do this in preparation for Year 3.

Literacy - June 2014

Please refer to the last update, as we have continued doing this both orally and in writing. (reading texts and checking for understanding or information retention) 

This past week was also an assessment for reading / comprehension, a spelling test and I read with each student one on one to accurately record how they are currently doing in their reading on their report cards. In case you missed it, the link to the Canada story is: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvTuync_6VU

Azeri - June 2014

This week Azeri workbooks were completed, as you can see how hard the children were working. Miss Sevda did an excellent job at combining the written work with some fun breaks, such as watching a cartoon on the big screen with questioning afterwards. :)

 

First Two Weeks of June Updates!

Dear Parents,

Hello! We hope you have all had a good couple of weeks! :)

By now you would have received a video (private link) of your child reading what they learned about Canada as we continued or study of non-fiction writings. Some children choose not to read on video and their story will be sent home with them. Here is a link to the actual story and the children helping me read it! That was optional for them and the shyer ones stayed back, which is fine! :) It was great practice in reading together and filling in the missing word. (learning to rhyme) The first time they heard the story they were very excited and it would have been nice to have recorded that. Still, this is really cute:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvTuync_6VU

This will be updated in alphabetical order so that you can easily find what subject you may want to see activities of or read about. (for June)

Kind Regards,

Sandy and Sevda

Art

Although this is not one of the areas in which I am to teach, I wanted to do something fun and creative with the kids and this week during hot afternoons was the perfect opportunity. It was delightful to see the ideas the students had and the items they chose to make their 'creation.' It was also a project for fine motor skills because they thread most of their own item until near the end and I finished it for them. (lack of time)