What a Beautiful Day!

Good afternoon parents, guardians and students,

After our monthly convocation in the gym, where March and April birthdays were celebrated and awards were given, we began the day with circle time and discussed what we did the night before. Following this, we worked on a spring cut and paste activity. We also read a book by Eric Carle called "The Tiny Seed," which also ties into our lessons on the Spring season.

After snack time, we dove right into language and learned a new letter, Tt. We learned that Tt sounds like a tennis ball bouncing up and down. We also sang a Jolly Phonics song about the letter Tt and it's sound. After this activity, we did some letter Tt worksheets. Because it is an easier letter to write, many of the students could write it without tracing it first.

We had lunch and then went outside, on this gorgeoooous day, to record the weather on our "Weather Watcher" chart for the week. We have been so lucky to have gotten so many sunny days this week so far!

We also had math and discussed patterns. Ms. Poland gave everyone the pleasure of teaching this lesson on patterns and everyone did several fun, hands on activities to do with patterns. We also had French and silent reading for ten minutes.

After second lunch, we played "Earth Day" Picture BINGO, which was a lot of fun. After this, we went outside for a little bit and did some letter Tt movements for exercise. These included tapping, tiptoeing, twirling and twisting. Everyone also got to "toss" all of the tennis balls I brought in for the letter Tt. We had a little extra time, so I thought it would be fun to let all the students blow their own bubbles with their own bubble bottles I handed out. Overall, it was a great day for all the students in JKA.

A reminder that tomorrow is Earth/Spirit Day. Please dress your child in green, blue and/or brown clothing!

Have a good one,

Miss H.