Week of March 3-6, 2014

Week of March 3-6, 2014

Theme: Day and Night

Letter of the Week: V

Dear Family,

During this week children will learn about the characteristics of and the differences between day and night. They will observe, identify, and talk about the different things that they see in the sky during the day. They will compare and contrast things in the daytime sky with those that appear during the night. The books we share will promote thought and discussion about how the colors of the sky change throughout the day. Children will also have fun experimenting with shadows and creating mobiles that show objects visible in the day and night skies.

Learning Together:

• Have your child draw or paint two pictures of your home, one showing it as it appears during the day and the other s it appears at night. Talk with your child about the similarities and differences in the two images.
•  Identify an object, such as a landmark or building that is usually visible from your home at all times. Together, view the object from a window during the day. Then look for it from the window at night. Discuss why it is more difficult to see.
• Use a lamp and a blank wall to make shadow puppets with your child. Take turns forming animal shapes or letters and watching them move. 
• Use flashlight and play flashlight tag.
• Observe the moon and night and note any changes it has over consecutive days. Also note what time you begin to see the moon at night.

Visiting the library
Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant and mary Szilagyi
Night Becomes Day by Richard McGuire
Black? White! Day? Night! A book of Opposites by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
What Makes Day and Night? by Franklyn M. Branley
A Cloak for the Dreamer by Aileen Friendman
Updates:
Please check the district website at www.bbhcsd.org for an update from the superintender Mr. Scot Prebles in regards to procedures regarding calamity days, also watch for an AlertNow call informing your about what may occur in the event of upcoming calamity days.
If anyone has any extra working flashlight at home that we could borrow at school for the week it would be greatly appreciated. We are going to be doing several activities at school using flashlights to demonstrate the movement of the earth and how that effects day and night as well as how shadows are formed and it would be a great help to have several flashlights for the children to use.
Upcoming dates:
Spring Break: March 24-30. Return to school March 31.