Whoa! This week flew by in a wink! We miss Keston since the start of the week, and ended the week missing Mia too! Come back soon Keston and Mia!
Highlighted below are the learning that took place starting from today, Thurs Feb 14.
Our Mystery Reader, Kaushalya (Gaayathri's Mom) was super-duper creative in her approach to telling a story. Not relying on the traditional method of reading off a book. Based on the book, 'The Dragon Who Couldn't Breathe Fire', she used finger puppets to emphasize on the moral of the story through the main character, Little Dragon. Instead of spewing fire, her Dragon spews flowers, fish, love and more. Her story had the children entralled so much so that Ebube asked, 'Show us the pictures from the book!" This way of telling a story was so different that Ebube added, 'Why don't you read from the book?" and that started off a round of discussions on 'the different ways we could tell a story', the different ways we could listen to a story or have a story read to us. This experience is in line with the central idea of our year long unit 'How We Express Ourselves' - thank you Kaushalya, you nailed it perfectly for our deeper understanding!
Highlighted below are the learning that took place starting from today, Thurs Feb 14.
Our Mystery Reader, Kaushalya (Gaayathri's Mom) was super-duper creative in her approach to telling a story. Not relying on the traditional method of reading off a book. Based on the book, 'The Dragon Who Couldn't Breathe Fire', she used finger puppets to emphasize on the moral of the story through the main character, Little Dragon. Instead of spewing fire, her Dragon spews flowers, fish, love and more. Her story had the children entralled so much so that Ebube asked, 'Show us the pictures from the book!" This way of telling a story was so different that Ebube added, 'Why don't you read from the book?" and that started off a round of discussions on 'the different ways we could tell a story', the different ways we could listen to a story or have a story read to us. This experience is in line with the central idea of our year long unit 'How We Express Ourselves' - thank you Kaushalya, you nailed it perfectly for our deeper understanding!
On this same day earlier in the afternoon, MS kids came by to read us stories from the titles they have selected specially for our age group. Enjoy the pictures below - I am so proud of our children for being such good listeners! We loved these MS students, come back again soon!
We practice our knowledge at Alphabet Bingo with Ms Rumana - it was very competitive to be a good listener and listen out for letters in our given grid. It was very satisfying to shout BINGO! when we completed our grid.
At the Library, and in celebration of 'I Love Reading' this week, we went to the library three times, what a treat!
Sun, Feb 10 >> The first time was just our class to enjoy to ambience of being in The Tent - a specially created environment conducive for reading. Our class each chose a book and read quietly, then exchanged books with each other and read some more.
Tues, Feb 12 >> The second visit was with our 3rd gr buddies and we shared big books with them. It was very rewarding to see our children so engaged and focused with their buddies!
Wed, Feb 13 >> Today we went back to the Lib again for our regular Library Day and Mrs Clarke read to us 'Hooray for Reading Day!'. What a week of reading to be had by all!
Thurs, Feb 14 >> We ended the week with Mr Prewitt reading to us 'I just forget' by Mercer Mayer, an all-time classic about a character who keeps forgetting when he should try to remember and how he dealt with each forgetful situation. Borrow it from the library and read it again with your child! Better still, have your child retell the story to you and enjoy the bonding.
Challenge your child: can he/she recall the many stories heard this week? Which story was their favorite?
Sun, Feb 10 >> The first time was just our class to enjoy to ambience of being in The Tent - a specially created environment conducive for reading. Our class each chose a book and read quietly, then exchanged books with each other and read some more.
Tues, Feb 12 >> The second visit was with our 3rd gr buddies and we shared big books with them. It was very rewarding to see our children so engaged and focused with their buddies!
Wed, Feb 13 >> Today we went back to the Lib again for our regular Library Day and Mrs Clarke read to us 'Hooray for Reading Day!'. What a week of reading to be had by all!
Thurs, Feb 14 >> We ended the week with Mr Prewitt reading to us 'I just forget' by Mercer Mayer, an all-time classic about a character who keeps forgetting when he should try to remember and how he dealt with each forgetful situation. Borrow it from the library and read it again with your child! Better still, have your child retell the story to you and enjoy the bonding.
Challenge your child: can he/she recall the many stories heard this week? Which story was their favorite?
In PE, we had A WIGGILY FUN TIME through tunnels, doing body rolls and balancing on a crooked beam .. Fun! Fun! Fun!
~ As always, creating fun learning experiences at all times ~
Ms Lingle, Ms Rumana, and Ms Shurovi
Ms Lingle, Ms Rumana, and Ms Shurovi