March

Oh my goodness, how fast the days are passing! I apologize for the late post for this month. Thank you to everyone who attended Portfolio Conferences! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. It's always a pleasure to see parents involved and interested in what we do at school so thanks again! I also appreciate everyone's feedback. This helps me plan, change and improve what we do for next year. Your input is extremely valuable.

This month we will be working on :

Early Literacy:
We are continuing with learning the letters in the alphabet. This month we'll be focusing on letters Ll to Pp. Make sure you're practicing letter formation, letter recognition and letter sounds with your child at home! We're also continuing the Daily 5 with Word (Letter) Work. We use the Daily 5 format to practice our letters and letter sounds through centres and play based activities.

Early Numeracy
We are focusing on numbers 6-10 and writing our numbers 1-10. We have introduced the Daily 3 format which focuses on "Math Writing" and "Math with Someone". The Daily 3 has a similar format as the Daily 5 except the concepts are math based. The Daily 3 structure is also a centre/play based format for learning.

Citizenship and Identify
We are learning about our community. We have looked at community helpers and are now talking about familiar places in our community. We will continue talking about safety in our community as well.

Environment and Community Awareness
Our theme for the next couple of months is The 5 Senses. Students are completing their goal sheets based on this theme. We will also be talking about special days in March such as St Patrick's Day and Easter. And of course we are all looking forward to Spring!

Personal and Social Responsibility
This month we have done Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood... aka Listen First Then Speak. The students and I have talked about the importance of being a good listener and what characteristics make a good listener. We will also be doing Habit 6: Synergize; how we can successfully work together.

Physical Skills
We will be spending our gym time this month playing with the parachute! We will also have our usual crafts to practice fine motor skill such as writing, cutting and coloring.

Creative Expression
As well with special occasion crafts we have started a dance unit. The students are learning how to keep in time with the music. We are experimenting with following dance routines on the SMARTBoard (JustDance Kids) and having fun making up our own dance moves.

Don't forget to check out the Fun in Photos and Song and Dance sections of my blog for some fun things and cute pictures!