This has been a busy week! We wrapped up our unit on the solar system and sent home the massive books we have been working on. Spend some time looking them over with your child and ask them to tell you what they learned about each planet. I was so proud of students performing on stage during the Winter Concert! They all looked like a million bucks and sounded beautiful!
Monday is pajama day! Lemurs earned this by independently zipping up their coats consistently every day, well done!
Next week we will have a mini one-week unit on Gifts of Kindness, focused around the story the Elves and the Shoemaker. We will also be celebrating Chankah with preschool and Kindergarten on Tuesday. Friday will be our Winter Classroom Party….organized by our incredible Room Parent Team.
The Lemurs also worked hard this week to create a priceless gift for a loved one. It has been wrapped and labeled…be sure to deliver it to the lucky recipient(s)!
Small Group Treehouses This Week…
Monday
Art – Paper-Mache Astronaut Helmets – We added another layer of glue and newspaper to our helmets.
Science/Art/Writing – Space Book – Saturn – The “princess of the solar system” We learned all about this beautiful planet and it’s many rings. We then created a page for our books.
Science – Saturns Rings – We watched this incredible video about what Saturns sparkling rings of ice look like.
Tuesday
Literacy – A Chair For My Mother – We read A Chair For My Mother by Vera B Williams. Beautiful book about a little girl Rosa and her family who save all their change to buy their hard working mother a comfortable chair to sit in at night. The family had lost all of their belongings in a fire. A moving story how neighbors, friends, and family rally to together to help someone in need.
Science/Art/Writing – Space Book – Uranus – We learned how this cold, distant planet spins on its side. We made a page for our books.
Holiday Gift – Border Drawing – Inspired by the illustrations in A Chair For My Mother, students created a border for artwork.
Wednesday
Holiday Gift – thumbprint hearts and gift tag – We worked on gifts to give to someone we love.
Science/Art/Writing – Space Book – Neptune – We created a page for the last planet in our solar system
Thursday
Art – Paint Helmets – We got messy painting our helmets white.
Science/Art/Writing – Space Books – Pluto – We included this dwarf planet as the final page in our books.
Holiday Gift – watercolor “I & U”
Friday
Holiday Gift – Wrap Present
Solar System Book – Final Review – We unfolded our books and took a look at all of the work we have done. The Lemurs did so much work to make these books, I am very proud. We learned how to fold them up accordion-style.
