Music with Mrs. Allison

Djembes

The djembe is a drum from West Africa. The djembe has been an integral part of spiritual and ritualistic life in West Africa for many generations.

The students played the drums and pretended to be jungle animals during music class.

WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?

Thank you to everyone who brought their dogs to school. We had a blast learning about letter D and observing the dogs.

All about letter D

Handwriting Without Tears

We used a straight line and a curved line to make letter D.

Mrs. Diane

Same Sound Sort - Obj. 15 Demonstrates phonological awareness

We had a great time with this activity. The children had to take tuns sorting the objects according to the beginning sounds of the object's names. Letter B - boat, button, block, bird and so on . Letter T - train, tree,

What foods come from trees?

This week we learned that trees can produce fruit and nuts. I brought lemons for the class to examine. Each child had a blast as we opened the lemons and made lemonade.

Obj.17-Demonstrates knowledge of print and its uses

I can make my name - Letter Recogniton

The students had to cut and paste the letters of their name together. We are learning to recognize our name and the names of our friends.

Evergreen and Deciduous

The children painted an evergreen tree this week. As your child paints at the easel they are using fine motor skills. It looks like I have a room full of artists! We learned that some trees stay green all winter.

Stick Letters - Obj. 15 Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet

The children used sticks to form letters. We discussed the letters that are formed with straight lines

Color, Cut, Sort, and Glue

Sorting activities form the foundation for your child's understanding of more complex math concepts, including counting , addition, subtraction, and patterns

Our Thanksgiving Story

We had a blast as we relived the Mayflower crossing. This activity was a social studies lesson and we leaned about different cultures.

Our Feast

A special thank you to Kelsey Craig for her amazing help as room mom. A special thank you to all our parents for bringing the wonderful food and making this a special day for the children.

A fairy tale comes to life

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

We had a blast with a great book from the clothing unit! A special thank you to Mrs Lisa Norton for acting as grandmother and to Luna Harris for playing the part of Red Riding Hood. Mrs. Lisa is retired from St. James and Luna is a student at St.James. This dramatic presentation helped your child with language skills, vocabulary, comprehension and expression.

Matching Game

Matching activities help children with visual discrimination, short - term memory, and it improves their ability to focus.

Mrs. Cristen Crochets for us.

The children were thrilled to watch Mrs. Cristen as she demonstrated the art of crochet. We learned that people use crochet to make sweaters, blankets and other forms of clothing. A special thank you to Mrs. Cristen for giving us a WOW moment.

I is for Ice cream

The students had to count the dots on the ice cream and find the corresponding number.

Mrs. Diane