Classroom: Ositos
Blog Theme: The Plants
Weekly Theme: Parts of the Plants
Week: From 04/02/2018 to 04/06/2018
What we are learning?
Dear Parents,
We hope you all have a wonderful week. We are starting a new topic “The Plants” this month. This topic will allow children to get knowledge of their natural environment. Children will be learning about how plants develop and grow, its parts, care and significance in our environment. Students will be also participating in a hands-on experience “Green World” related to germination, crop and harvesting.
This week children will be learning about the parts of the plants. This weekly lesson will support children interacting with nature and provide them with a framework for their observations by offering them opportunities to explore, question, and document similarities and differences among plant parts. They will be able to identify and describe the basic parts of a plant which are the root, the stem, the flower and leaves and the function of each plant part. They will also explore the life cycle of plants.
We have scheduled exciting activities related to this theme, so children can continue acquiring knowledge through fun experiences. Each one of these activities will help to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills. Here are a few learning activities that children will engage by day:
Monday
Exploration of the Environment.
Children will explore the environment in the preschool and observe plants and flowers and compare them.
Description of Plants.
Parts of the Plants I: Roots, stem and leaves.
Children will learn and identify the parts of the plants through songs, story books and riddles.
Tuesday
Parts of the Plants II: Flowers and Fruits.
Wednesday
Life Cycle of the plants.
Observe how the plants grow through visual aid.
Thursday
Edible Plants.
Friday
Review of what we learn during the week, what was our favorite topic and what else we would like to learn.
Participation in the following hands-on experiences:
Stem with Colored Water Experiment
Sweet Potatoes Roots Experiment.
In pre-writing, we will review the letter Q, while in math we will continue working with number 18 and review the grey color.
Children will have their last rehearsal for our International Fiesta this week too. They are dancing to the rhythm of merengue. Make sure to rent the girls costume for $5 with the administration office. The boys will be wearing pants, a white shirt, hat, scarf and sandals.
Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great weekend.
Holidays & Upcoming Events
International Fiesta on Thursday, April 5th, 2018.
Young Child Week from Monday, April 16th to Friday, April 20th, 2018.
Earth Day on Friday April 20th, 2018.
Field Trip Day during the week of Monday, April 23rd to Friday, April 27th, 2018.
National Tree Day on Friday. April 27th, 2018.
Year-Round Activities
Student of the Week & Travelling Pet
Please make sure to sign up your child for these wonderful activities as these 2 are the children favorites! Both activities allow every child to make and share memories with their classmates.
For the student of the week activity, every week a child is given a set week that he/she are the student of the week. On Monday of their week the student of the week should bring a poster and a book created with family pictures, favorite books, sports/hobbies, animals or anything they are interested in. Also, on their week parents and the student of the week may pick a day to present the poster and the book to the class. The student of the week may also bring favorite toys and books to school, so they can share with classmates.
This week, our student of the week is Mallory Torres. We are looking forward to learning more from her!
As for the Traveling Pet activity, the classroom pet will spend a whole week with the child and family. During that week, parents and the child will have fun together with a new member of the family while providing love and care to the pet. Our pet loves to read at night, go to the park, visit museums, give hugs and kisses! However, the pet does not like taking a bath as he can get sick. Parents and child will enjoy bonding time and making new memories and the child will be very excited to share all the memories with his/her classmates. In their week parents and the child should bring to school a collage of pictures and a brief description of what they did with the pet. Parent should make sure to place the collage inside the travelling pet bag.
Sign up to both activities today! Sign-up sheets are available at the entrance of the classroom.
Friendly Reminders
Remember your child to wash his/her hands when entering the classroom and before leaving the school. This is the best way to prevent illnesses.
Make sure to bring your child on time so he/she can participate in circle time. This activity starts at 8:45am and will stimulate and strengthen skills in all areas.
Read your child’s journal, blogs and Friday Newsletter. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us in case you have any comment or any question about your child’s development or any notes/comments made in your child’s journal.
Avoid bringing your child with items that can cause distraction such as toys, necklaces, bracelets, watches, etc. This is needed to help him/her concentrate in the scheduled activities at school.
Label all your child’s clothing and items and make sure that your child has extra set of clothing that is appropriate to weather in his/her cubby.
Make sure to remove clothing from the cubby and just leave one set of clothing and a blanket for nap time.
Make sure to take the blanket home on Fridays for laundry and bring it back on Monday.
Make sure to have enough pull-ups or diapers in the cubby for the day, if your child has not been potty-trained yet.
If your child is bringing a lunch box, please label it with your child’s name and date and place it in the kitchen. If the lunch box requires to be refrigerated, please put it inside the refrigerator.
Take home the homework blue folder in your child’s cubby and take one or 2 paper sheets from the container that are next to the entrance of the classroom. Homework should be returned by Tuesday and do not forget to bring the homework folder back on Monday.
Do not bring your child to school if the child has a fever of over 101F or any contagious conditions.
Star Words of the Week
The plant - La planta
The flower - La flor
The leaf - La hoja
The stem - El tallo
The root - La raíz
The fruits - Los frutos
Song of the Week
Un día en el parque jugando estaba
Con mis amigos de Sff!
Mire hacia el suelo, vi algo pequeño
La semillita yo vi pasar
Yo la tome con mucho cuidado
Y en una taza con amor la sembré,
Con tierra y agua creció mi plantita
Y muchas flores yo vi nacer
Cuida tú alrededor,
A las plantitas respeta,
Por un mundo mejor cuida la naturaleza
Rhymes
Rhyme # 1
Mi plantita es muy bonita
Yo la tengo que regar
Cada día crece un poco
Por la luz que el sol le da.
Rhyme # 2
Semillita, semillita
Que en la tierra se cayó
Dormidita, dormidita
Rapidito se quedo
Semillita, semillita
Que con agua y luz del sol
Te convertiste en una plantita
Con muchas hojas y una flor.
Riddles
Verde soy
Huelo muy bien
Crezco con flores, plantas
Y árboles también
Las hojas
Tongue Twisters
Pepe pela papas
para una ensalada
para una ensalada
Pepe pela papas.
