Hi Team KA,
What an unexpectedly short week! Our K students experienced their first and second snow day in the same week. It is that time of year again, but hopefully we won’t miss too much time leading up to the Christmas break.
This week we made some candy cane art for our hallway. We used torn paper in order to strengthen fine motor muscles in students’ hands and used an AB pattern (that we’ve been learning about in Math) to create candy canes to hang in the hallway. Next week we will use non-standard units of measurement to create some Christmas Trees to hang alongside our candy canes.
We learned more about what ‘fair’ means this week. We participated in an activity where each student was assigned an imaginary injury or illness. It varied from small cuts, to feeling sleepy, coughs and upset bellies. Some students in this imaginary scenario were having totally normal days, and one even had an exciting event. As each student came up to get their scenario, they each got a band-aid on the same spot on their arm. They quickly realized that it didn’t make sense to have a band-aid on their arm to deal with a cough or belly problems. We were able to have a discussion about fair and that it doesn’t mean that everyone gets the same thing, rather that everyone gets what they need. We took a picture of all the band-aid arms and it will hang in our classroom as a reminder of what fair means.
We also started learning about how our brains work and how they learn. To do this, we began to read Your Fantastic, Elastic Brain. This book and lessons that go with will help your child lay a foundation of understanding about growth mindset. That although we all have our individual strengths, our brains can learn and grow with hard work. This attitude toward learning can help students achieve learning goals and can help lessen anxiety about tricky tasks. We just got started with it this week, but this will continue for the weeks to come.
A reminder to return the Wild Child permission forms that were sent home on Tuesday so that your child can participate in the fun activity on Friday.
Now that we have the first week of December behind us, heres’s a reminder of some of the important upcoming dates:
Friday, December 12: Wild Child activity – please return the permission form and send your child dressed for extra time outdoors.
Monday, December 15: Holiday Shoppe – please send $2 and students will shop for two gifts for parents/care-givers
Monday, December 15: PJ/Comfy Clothes Day
Tuesday, December 16: Dress in Holiday Colors Day
Wednesday, December 17: Holiday Sweaters Day
Thursday, December 18: Holiday Concert 12:15pm – please let me know in advance if you plan to take your child home with you after the concert
Thursday, December 18: Holiday Socks Day
Friday, December 19: Holiday Hats/Headbands Day
Next Week in KA:
Monday, December 8, Day 4 – Mrs. Mac & Phys. Ed.
Tuesday, December 9, Day 5 – Music
Wednesday, December 10, Day 6 – Mrs. Mac & Phys. Ed.
Thursday, December 11, Day 1 – Music
Friday, December 12, Day 2 – Mrs. Mac, Phys. Ed., Library & Wild Child activity
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend,
Lisa 😊
Mrs. MacLeod's Class 