Week of January 26-29, 2015

Week of January 26-29, 2015

Theme: Let's Investigate

Focus Question: How do objects move?

Letter of the Week: J

Dear Family,

This week, our class will complete Unit 4 by observing and exploring how things move. We will begin by pretending to float like bubbles in the air. Next, we will learn about vehicles with wheels and use words such as roll, spin, and zigzag. Finally, we will compare vehicles that roll on wheels and other vehicles that fly through the air. 

Learning Together

• Together, roll toy cars down a ramp. Change the height of the ramp, and have your child predict whether the cars will roll faster or slower.
• With your child, look through  magazines for pictures of vehicles with wheels. Cut out the pictures, and take turns sorting the vehicles by color, size, or purpose.
• Take a walk with your child, and make a list of the different kinds of vehicles, such as cars, bikes, wagons, buses, trains, trucks, tractors, and airplanes, that he or she sees. Then discuss how the vehicles on the list are alike and different.

Activities:

• We will be making a Jellyfish for the letter J
• We are going to test a variety of vehicles to determine how fast they go on flat and sloped surfaces. We will make predictions about which ones will go faster or slower on each type of surface. 
• We will also be making toilet paper tube rockets that we will make move with the assistance of a balloon. Please have your child bring in a toilet paper tube to school, if you have additional ones at home we would appreciate those as well.
• We are going to be practicing finding our names, the letters that make our names and writing them. 
• Some of the books we will read include: What Wheels Do All Day? and Move. We will use words to describe different ways our bodies can move.
• In the gym this week we will be practicing moving our bodies by playing follow the leader. We will also describe how our bodies are moving and how they feel when we move them in a variety of ways.

Upcoming dates:

• Report cards will go home on January 29th. Every student will receive a report card. For those students on IEPs you will also receive a data report which reflects each students progress on their individual goals and objectives.
• A conference form will also be going home with information regarding conference dates and scheduling conferences so please look for this in your child's backpack. 
• Show and Share on Thursday, January 29th letter J.
• Please bring in a toilet paper tube to school on Monday.
• Special Snack this week for letter J: Gabe. Please remember to send the snack in on Tuesday so that we can share it on Wednesday with both classes, which is approximately 20 students.
• February 12 will be the Valentine's Day party for the children only. More information will be coming home as the date approaches.
• February 16th-No School-President's Day