Our "Week in Review" ** 10/14 - 10/17

Starting this week I'd like to blog a "Week in Review" at the end of each week to keep you informed with what we are learning in the world of K2! What a busy week we've had so let's get started...

During ELA we learned all about our Five Senses and what we can learn from using our senses. We read the story Senses at the Seashore and listened to the read aloud "A Feast of the Senses." We also had 5 new vocabulary words: explore, senses, finished, kneads, and feast. We worked with the letter Ss and introduced the sight word see as well.

In Math we have been working on counting and writing the numbers six to ten and we are almost finished with topic 3. We continue to work on writing numbers without reversing them. Any practice you can squeeze in at home would be helpful. For the "Problem of the Day" I introduced the use of math journals because I was SO impressed when I had the K2ers go back to their seats to solve my problem on their own on scrap paper. I only put 8 pages in their journals so that they can bring it home in a few weeks to show you.

This week at Johnny Appleseed we started our School-wide Read Aloud of Kenny and the Dragon. I think reading chapter books to children at such a young age is a wonderful thing to do because it teaches the students to make the pictures in their heads and exposes them to some wonderful vocabulary. A while back a notice went home to explain how the students of JA could help "decorate" our school dragon. It is about half-way filled so if you would still like to donate $1.00 to help defray the cost for our Medieval Fair on October 29th please send it in with your child with a note explaining what it is for. JA has been transformed into medieval times...here's a look inside.

And lastly, we had a Bus Safety program. The students went out back behind the school and learned how to be safe waiting for a bus, getting on the bus, sitting on the bus and getting off the bus. Be sure to ask them if they remember what their important job is when they go over train tracks while riding on a school bus.

Next week we will be talking about Fire Safety and have some Leominster firefighters coming in to assist with that.

Have a great weekend!

 

 

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Headphones/Earbuds

Starting this week we will be signing out the MacBook cart to use during our ELA learning center block each Friday. To keep the noise level down and so that all children can enjoy their computer time, we are asking that each child bring in a set of headphones or earbuds for their personal use. Please place them in a Baggie with your child's name clearly printed on it or please have their name clearly printed on the actual headphones. We want to be sure that each child is using only THEIR headphones or earbuds. The intention is for these headphones to stay AT SCHOOL for the remainder of the school year. Both headphones and earbuds can usually be purchased at "The Dollar Tree" or "Five Below" for a minimal cost. If you have any questions, please let me know.

 

 

 

 

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Walk to School Day

It was a beautiful morning to walk to school yesterday. The K2ers had so much fun and got a little exercise in at the same time. Here is a video highlighting our walk and some student work about what they saw on the walk. Enjoy!!

October Lunch Menu

I have had a number of students ask when a lunch menu is going to be sent home. We no longer get lunch menus to send home. They can be accessed by going to www.leominster.mec.edu and clicking on "Student & Family" and then "School Lunch." Here is October's menu for your reference.

 

 

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