January 30- February 3

All our students have become weather watchers and this week the weather outside has given us plenty to talk about.   As our students are finding out the weather can change every day.  Snow, rain, sun, and clouds have greeted us this week and our projects have been weather related.

Our T/TH morning class painted snowflakes to hang up in the classroom and made snowmen masks. They also painted in shaving cream, a sensory experience that never fails to delight students.

The T/TH afternoon class finger -painted with shaving cream too.  After discussion about how people dress for different weather conditions our students’ dressed up their very own “winter weather person” complete with boots, jacket, hats, scarves and mittens. These are on display in the classroom.

Using their fine motor skills our MWF classes cut, glued and glittered snowflakes. Keeping with our winter weather theme this week they painted and decorated snowmen that will last regardless of how warm it gets.

Our MWF classes have also been busy journal writing. Weather journals are our student’s way of tracking the day’s weather conditions. Each student is responsible for making an entry daily.  This has encouraged our students to come to the writing center and practice writing. I am very impressed on how well our students are able to form letters.

All our students will be watching the weather on February 2, Groundhogs Day. Will there be sun and six more weeks of winter? Ask your child to sing the Groundhog song to you.

Also note that assessments have been ongoing in the area of shape, color, letter and number recognition for all our students. I will be using the data collected when speaking to our families this week during phone conferences.
 
The schedule is as follows:
Monday, January 30.............MWF AM Class between 3:00- 4:30 PM
                           MWF PM Class between 6:00 – 7:00 PM

Wednesday, February 1.........T/TH AM Class between 3:00-4:30 PM
                           T/TH PM Class between 6:00 – 7:00 PM
 
If these times and days do not fit with your schedules please let me know so I might find a more convenient time to call.