The
energy was running high this week as we prepared for a much needed
break! We hope everyone enjoys the break. Safe travels to all who are
vacationing somewhere! Now, sit back and take a peek at all we
accomplished this week!
In language arts we integrated our Australian theme into several activities. The class has learned so much about Australia and all the amazing animals that inhabit the country.
Scrambled Sentences
St. Patrick's Day learning packet.
Hundred board review
"ar" word review with Starfall.com
In language arts we integrated our Australian theme into several activities. The class has learned so much about Australia and all the amazing animals that inhabit the country.
Listening center
We read an Irish story this week in guided reading. We loved reading about the tricky leprechaun.
Mrs. Waller is guiding the class through a writing activity with their Australian animals. This activity was inspired from the story, "We're Going on a Bear Hunt". They have to use what they know about their animal and share how they'd find their animal in Australia.
Here is the list of verbs, obstacles and adjectives we can use while we're writing our story.
Page's number scroll is taller than Mrs. Waller!!
Neighborhood Fractions
We created our own fraction neighborhoods to review fractions.
Time- Working on 15 minutes after and a 15 minutes until the next hour.
10:45...Nice Abby
In social studies we've started sharing our reports and our animals. This was our second opportunity to do research and write a report and then share it with the class. These animals are amazing thanks to the first graders hard work and their parent's help at home!
frill-necked lizard and sugar glider
emu, kookaburra and great white shark
echidna, fairy penguin and black swan
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL!
PARADE OF ANIMALS!
Marsupials
Birds
Lizards
We're doing the "HAPPY" dance!
Asia- 2nd grade
Kindergarten- Africa
All around the world in Pre-K.
Hands on Science
We discussed the rotation of the earth around the sun. We learned that as the earth spins it moves away from the earth. This creates day and night. Then, we went outside and traced our shadows with chalk on the playground. When we went back outside after lunch we were able to see that the earth had moved because our shadows changed.
In computer lab we used the ipads to do an activity on the app called "Puppet Pals". We took pictures of our Australian animals and created backgrounds. Then, we recorded our voices sharing all the interesting facts we've learned about our animals.
Teaching Empathy Through Reading with Your Child
RSVP: ( http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0944a8aa2c7-teaching )
Mrs. Waller is guiding the class through a writing activity with their Australian animals. This activity was inspired from the story, "We're Going on a Bear Hunt". They have to use what they know about their animal and share how they'd find their animal in Australia.
Here is the list of verbs, obstacles and adjectives we can use while we're writing our story.
Page's number scroll is taller than Mrs. Waller!!
Neighborhood Fractions
We created our own fraction neighborhoods to review fractions.
In social studies we've started sharing our reports and our animals. This was our second opportunity to do research and write a report and then share it with the class. These animals are amazing thanks to the first graders hard work and their parent's help at home!
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL!
Hands on Science
We discussed the rotation of the earth around the sun. We learned that as the earth spins it moves away from the earth. This creates day and night. Then, we went outside and traced our shadows with chalk on the playground. When we went back outside after lunch we were able to see that the earth had moved because our shadows changed.
In computer lab we used the ipads to do an activity on the app called "Puppet Pals". We took pictures of our Australian animals and created backgrounds. Then, we recorded our voices sharing all the interesting facts we've learned about our animals.
Spelling
Words- Week #19 March 24-27, 2015
Phonics
Skills: controlled vowel- “ir” and “ur”
1.
shirt
2.
girl
3.
first
4.
circle
5.
dirt
6.
curve
7.
sure
8.
turn
9.
hurt
10.
burn
Challenge Words
11. flower
12. shamrock
13. hundred
14.mammal
“Surprise the Teacher
Word”
15. ???
15. ???
New Community Learning Events!
St. Paul's Community Learning Center is offering
a variety of opportunities for you to join us and learn and explore. You can
learn more and register for each event through SignUp Genius or with
Mrs. Van Lvan@speds.org at the ECC office. Fliers are
also available with more information on the ECC Community
News bulletin board. Come Join Us!
Middle, Lower, and ECC Parents:
Meditation Workshop
Tuesday, March 31st 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Adults, being in charge, make rules and guidelines for the
well-being of the children. But what about the well-being of the adult? What
about yourself? Meditation is a very simple and helpful practice, an
adult time out, if you will.
This workshop will include the following regarding practice of meditation:
This workshop will include the following regarding practice of meditation:
- Introduction and overview
- Effects regarding health, i.e., stress reduction, improved blood pressure, etc.
- Change of focus from outer chaos to feeling of inner peace
- Improved concentration
- Easy accessibility -- can be done anytime, anywhere
- Different ways of meditating
- Guided meditation of five minutes, to demonstrate the benefit of even a short period of practice
Lower School and ECC Parents:
Becoming a Love and Logic Parent (Wednesday
Nights 4-6PM)
Open to anyone interested.
ECC (grades T-K) parents - 4:00-5:40PM
Lower School (grades 1-3) parents - 4:20-6:00PM
ECC (grades T-K) parents - 4:00-5:40PM
Lower School (grades 1-3) parents - 4:20-6:00PM
$125 / 6 Modules or $25 per individual modules
Childcare available
- March 25th - Module 1 - Four steps to responsibility and preparing children for the real world
- April 1st - Module 2 - Sharing control, opportunities for thinking and decision-making; empathy and consequences
- April 8th - Module 3 - Sharing control through choices, choices you can live with, and parent/child patterns
- April 15th - Module 4 - Parenting styles and guiding children to solve their own problems
- April 29th - Module 5 - Setting limits, thinking words vs. fighting words, and setting enforceable limits
- May 6th - Module 6 - Consequences vs. punishments, using empathy, and constructing logical consequences
Becoming a Love and Logic Parent (Saturday
9-5)
RSVP: ( http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0944a8aa2c7-stpauls4 )
Open to anyone interested.
RSVP: ( http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0944a8aa2c7-stpauls4 )
Open to anyone interested.
Saturday, April 11th 9:00am-5:00pm
$100 / 6 Modules covered in 1 day class
See Wednesday classes description above for more details.
Teaching Empathy Through Reading with Your Child
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Tuesday, April 21st
Two classes available:
11:45am - 12:15pm
4:00pm - 4:30pm
We read to our children almost every day. Would you like to learn how to use that time to help your child learn empathy? Recognize feelings in others? Express their feelings in an appropriate way?
Two classes available:
11:45am - 12:15pm
4:00pm - 4:30pm
We read to our children almost every day. Would you like to learn how to use that time to help your child learn empathy? Recognize feelings in others? Express their feelings in an appropriate way?
Your
child will see it as a fun story time, you will walk out with a new, easy to
use parenting skill!
ECC Parents:
ECC Health Fair
ECC Health Fair
TO VOLUNTEER: ( http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0944a8aa2c7-stpauls2
)
Thursday, March 26th 7:30am-1:00pm
Displays will be child friendly, interactive, and will include pamphlets and ideas for you to take with you.
Displays will be child friendly, interactive, and will include pamphlets and ideas for you to take with you.
Come and walk through our ECC Commons and learn more about young
children and these subjects: Nutrition, Dental, Exercise, Sun Safety,
Lice, and Car Seat Safety and Laws.
Enjoy your spring break!
We'll miss our sweet first graders and look forward to seeing them back at school on Tuesday, the 24th!
Sara and Carey
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